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Anecdotes and characteristic stories about dogs. Write a story suggested by each of the following pictures:

1. A dog is made more useful and valuable by proper training. With dogs, as with other animals, kind, persuasive treatment is the best.

2. A dog properly trained to assist in managing or driving animals will not chase or bite them. Animals that are chased or bitten do not fatten well, and become wild and shy.

3. A dog that is cross or vicious should be disposed of at once.

4. Hydrophobia is the most dangerous disease to which dogs are subject.

5. Swimming in cold water, or lying on damp or frozen earth, will often produce stiffness

of the limbs and joints. The dog's kennel (house) should be warm; the floor should be a few inches from the ground, and a fresh bed of straw occasionally provided. During warm weather the kennel may be kept closed, for the dog will then enjoy sleeping in the open air.

6. Dogs should be well fed but not overfed. Their food should be simple and wholesome. When a dog is not properly cared for, he is likely to be ill or to stray frequently from home.

7. A cat is quite as useful as a dog.

A good

mouser will often hunt for hours in the fields for mice. While thus hunting, it should not be disturbed in any way. Many farmers keep more than one cat. Many merchants keep a cat about the store.

8. Cats and dogs have teeth well suited to eating flesh, which forms the principal part of their food. For this reason they are called Carnivorous Animals. All animals that live mainly upon flesh belong to the order Carnivora.

9. The family to which the dog belongs is called

Canidæ. It is from the Latin word canis, meaning "dog." The wolf, the fox, and the jackal belong to this family.

10. The family to which the cat belongs is called the Felidæ. It is from the Latin word

felis, meaning "cat." The lion, the tiger, the panther, and many other animals belong to this family.

11. The tongue of the dog is smooth, like the tongue of the horse or the sheep; but the

tongue of the cat is rough, like the tongue of the cow.

12. The dog's claws are strong, and not very sharp;

but the cat's claws are slender, and almost as

sharp as needles.

Dogs chase their prey, but cats approach stealthily and seize their prey by a sudden spring.

13. Of all domestic animals, the dog is the most affectionate and faithful.

TO THE TEACHER.

Effort has been made by the author to reduce the theory of agriculture, and lessons on the common duties of life, to a practical working basis. Each lesson is divided into sections which may serve as subjects for recitations.

Culture, nature study, practical knowledge, - these are the leading objects sought. Conditions, and the teacher's judgment, will determine the amount of supplementary work that may be done along lines suggested by the text.

There is no nobler animal than the horse. He is strong and will draw a heavy load, or carry a burden on his back. He is active, and can travel at either a slow or a rapid gait. He is graceful in form and movement; he is intelligent and easily trained; he is kind in disposition; of long life and great endurance, and for ages past has served man both in time of peace and war.

No animal deserves kinder treatment, and yet many horses are much abused.