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33346Who_ is_ there who has never heard, About the Burdock and the Bird?
1593Who_ is_ there who has never heard, About the Burdock and the Bird?
414But see-- can it be?
414Does this reverie of flowers and waterfall and song form an ideal, a human ideal, in the mind?
414So, too, the summer days; the sun rises on the same grasses and green hedges, there is the same blue sky, but did we ever have enough of them?
18629Am I mistaken, or are kingfishers less numerous than they were only a few seasons since?
18629And may I say a word for the Thames otter?
18629Are young oaks ever seen in those grounds so often described as park- like?
18629But does it move?
18629But may not the ordinary conditions of suburban improvement often account for the decay of such trees without occult causes?
18629But, then, what would be the pleasure of securing him, the fleeting pleasure of an hour, compared to the delight of seeing him almost day by day?
18629Can not you see them?
18629Can you not almost grasp the odour- laden air and hold it in the hollow of the hand?
18629Did any one ever see a plane or a laurel look like that?
18629Do they not in their little compass contain the potentialities, the past and the future, of human life itself?
18629Had they, then, flown westwards?
18629How could I arrange for you next autumn to see the sprays of the horse- chestnut, scarlet from frost, reflected in the dark water of the brook?
18629How many foot- pounds, then, of human energy do these grains in my hand represent?
18629How many times has the morning star shone yonder in the East?
18629I have threshed out in my hand three ears of the ripe wheat: how many foot- pounds of human energy do these few light grains represent?
18629In strictness the term will not, of course, be accurate, yet by what other word can this appearance in the atmosphere be described but as a bloom?
18629Is it just possible that they may not even have known that a trout was there at all; but have merely hoped for perch, or tench, or eels?
18629Is it possible that he could have escaped?
18629Is it possible that he may have almost miraculously made his way down the stream into other pools?
18629Is it possible that the severe frosts we sometimes have split oak trees?
18629Is there any difference in the taste of London honey and in that of the country?
18629Is there no shadow?
18629Might they even, if they did find him, have mercifully taken him and placed him alive in some other water nearer their homes?
18629Now the river fox is, we know, extremely destructive to fish, but what are a basketful of"bait"compared to one otter?
18629Or is it the buff leaves, the grey stalks, the dun grasses, the ripe fruit, the mist which hides the distance that makes the day so brown?
18629Stand back; the sea there goes out and out, to the left and to the right, and how far is it to the blue overhead?
18629The fleck of cloud yonder, does it part it in two, or is it but a third of the way?
18629The green mist thickens in one spot almost at the horizon; or is it the dark nebulous sails of a vessel?
18629The pool was deep and the fish quick-- they did not bale it, might he have escaped?
18629The question may be asked: Why have you not indicated in every case the precise locality where you were so pleased?
18629Then there is the"cock- pin,"the"road- bat"( a crooked piece of wood), the"sherve- wright"( so pronounced)--shelvewright(?)
18629There were fish I felt sure as I left the spot and returned along the dusty road, but where were they?
18629Were there any fish?
18629What can the world produce equal to the June rose?
18629What wonder could surprise us coming from the wonderful sea?
18629What would the haymakers say to such a sight?
18629Where do these pebbles come from?
18629Where is the foreign evergreen in the competition?
18629Who could have supposed that such a downpour as occurred that summer would have had the effect it had upon flowers?
18629Why not mention the exact hedge, the particular meadow?
18629Will no one break through the practice, and try the effect of English trees?
18629Will these fragments, after a process of trituration, ultimately become sand?
533Abram Johnson, have you gone daft?
533Abram Johnson,she solemnly demanded,"have you got the power?"
533Abram,she asked, hesitatingly,"is there anything else I could do for-- your birds?"
533An''if it had n''t a- compassed a matter o''breakin''your word, what''ud you want to kill the redbird for, anyhow? 533 An''you call yourself a decent man, Abram Johnson?"
533D''you ever stop to think how full this world is o''things to love, if your heart''s jest big enough to let''em in? 533 Decent?
533Decent?
533Did you shoot at that redbird?
533Does n''t that beat you? 533 Hit''i m?"
533How d''you s''pose she''d feel if she knew there was a man here peekin''at her? 533 No?
533Since you are on my premises, might I be privileged to ask if you have seen a few signs''at I have posted pertainin''to the use of a gun?
533What on earth are you lookin''for? 533 ''Ud you mind tellin''me what was your idy in cookin''up that squirrel story?
533Ai n''t she got a right to be lovin''and tender?
533Ai n''t she got a right to pay him best she knows?
533An''I look like your friend?
533An''where are you, anyway?"
533An''you want me to keep it up?
533Are you tryin''to tell me` Howdy''?
533But then you WARNED me, did n''t you, old fellow?
533Come through by the special midnight flyer, did you?
533Did not the gentle dove pause by the sumac, when she left brooding to take her morning dip in the dust, and gaze at him with unconcealed admiration?
533Did you ever see jest quite such fine fringy willers?
533Do n''t you know you ai n''t nothin''but jest a target?
533Ever see anything so runnin''over with dainty, pretty, coaxin''ways?
533Ever think o''that?
533Feed you?
533Hardly think now''at I''ve the reputation o''being a mighty quiet fellow, would you?"
533Have you any to equal my grace?
533Have you got a sick friend who is needin''squirrel broth?"
533Have you seen any other of so great size?
533How d''ye find yerself this evenin''?
533How do you like it?
533Is that your news?"
533One night he said to his wife:"Maria, have you been noticin''the redbird of late?
533Should he go there seeking a swamp mate among his kindred?
533Should he, the proudest, most magnificent of cardinals, be compelled to go seeking a mate like any common bird?
533So you really are a pet?
533That was n''t true either?
533They were unusually fine babies, but what chance has merely a fine baby in a family that possesses a prodigy?
533Was it all to be wasted?
533Was it of necessity to be the Limberlost then?
533Was that broad full breast his?
533What do you think o''that?
533What matter that she took it with a snap, and plunged a quarter of a mile before eating it?
533When d''you arrive?
533Where had he seen any other cardinal with a crest so high it waved in the wind?
533Who are you, to come''long an''wipe out his joy in life, an''our joy in him, for jest nothin''?
533Who can whistle so loud, so clear, so compelling a note?
533Who do you think made this world an''the things''at''s in it?
533Who give you rights to go''round takin''such beauty an''joy out of the world?
533Who was this flaming dashing stranger, flaunting himself in the faces of their females?
533Who will come and be my mate?"
533Who will fly to me for protection?
533Why do n''t you keep out o''sight a little?
533Wonder if he''s any willinger to feed you an''stand up for you''an I am?"
533Wonder what I said?
533Young man, did you ever hear o''a boomerang?
6164A shifting of the plane of the wings would, however, in all probability, give some impetus: the question is, would it be sufficient?
6164Almost too idle to rise, they arch their backs, and stretch their legs, as much as to say, Why trouble us?
6164And thunder-- how does thunder sound under the surface?
6164And what, oh blindest of the blind, do you imagine has become of the remaining four hundred and fifty?
6164Angles and wheels, cranks and cogs, where are they?
6164Are they dead?
6164Are"horse- stepple"and"stabbling"purely provincial, or known in towns?
6164At what price?
6164But see-- can it be?
6164Did he conclude he had a right to take what others only asked or worked for?
6164Did he dimly claim the rights of strength in his mind, and arrogate to himself the prerogatives of arbitrary kings?
6164Do the particles of water, as they brush his sides and fins, cause a sound, as the wind by us?
6164Does any one sorrow for the rook, shot, and hung up as a scarecrow?
6164Does he hear the stream running past him?
6164Does this reverie of flowers and waterfall and song form an ideal, a human ideal, in the mind?
6164Had they left her alone, would it have been any different?
6164Has your precious folly extinguished them?
6164Her brother Bill talked and threatened-- of what avail was it?
6164How are these people to be got at?
6164How are you going to capture people who blow themselves into atoms in order to shatter the frame of a Czar?
6164How is it to be distributed and placed in the hands of the people?
6164How should he sell any, pray, when he does not put the right sort into his window?
6164I wonder whether the man ever thought, as he reposed at noontide on a couch of grass under the hedge?
6164IV PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION When you have got your village library ready, how is it to be sold?
6164If so, why should not other books adapted to the villager''s wishes be on sale at a similar price in the country?
6164Is not theirs the preferable portion?
6164Is not this the most seductive of all characters in women?
6164Now, has not the farmer, even if covered by insurance, good reason to dread this horrible incendiarism?
6164Of course in winter it often happens that a flock of wild- fowl alight in passing; but how long do they stay?
6164Presently some one will ask,"Have you found a wicker''s nest?"
6164Put suddenly face to face with the transparent material which repelled him, what was he to think?
6164So, too, the summer days; the sun rises on the same grasses and green hedges, there is the same blue sky, but did we ever have enough of them?
6164That was all he knew of the Caesars: the apples were in fine bloom now, were n''t they?
6164The barrack- like Hotel des Invalides, the tomb of Napoleon-- was ever a tomb so miserably lacking in all that should inspire a reverential feeling?
6164The little lawn beside the strawberry bed, burned brown there, and green towards the house shadow, holds how many myriad grass- blades?
6164The marble tub in which the urn is sunk, the gilded chapel, and the yellow windows-- could anything be more artificial and less appropriate?
6164The next point is, Where does he hover?
6164The petty ripples of the Adriatic, what were they?
6164The real question is, how many breed?
6164The stoop, the dress which clothed, but responded to no curve, the sunken breast, and the sightless eye, how should he recognise these?
6164Three words, and where is the thought?
6164Venice has been made human by poet, painter, and dramatist, yet what was Venice to this-- this the Fact of our own day?
6164Was he not satisfied even yet?
6164What can be more explicit, and at the same time so aggravating, as to be told that you are a"mix- muddle"?
6164What have the sober mass of the working class to do with it?
6164What then is the cause?
6164What was the use of compelling him to do that?
6164What was there in Venice to arouse thoughts such as spring from the sight of this red bowsprit?
6164Where are the water- fowl?
6164Where is the kingfisher?
6164Where soon will be the water- lilies?
6164Who can doubt that the wild fowl come south because the north is frozen over?
6164Who knows what big processes of reasoning, dim and big, passed through his mind in the summer days?
6164Why are the rooks afraid of the little boy with the clapper?
6164Why did not the father interfere?
6164Why does not a painter come here and place the real romance of these things upon canvas, as Venice has been placed?
6164Why is the basking jack off the instant he hears the light step of a man?
6164Why omit fifty years from the picture?
6164Why, then, does the crow live on?
26139( A continuation of the stem) What did the other buds, called lateral buds, become?
26139( Close together) What would such trees be good for?
26139( Far apart) What would such trees be good for?
26139( Making timber or lumber) If we want trees to grow low and have thick and bushy tops, how should we plant them?
26139A railway bridge?
26139After exercise why do we feel more hungry?
26139After three or four weeks?
26139And what do you do when your hair is white And the children come to play?
26139Are a squirrel''s feet close together or wide apart when it is climbing?
26139Are all apple trees of the same shape?
26139Are all bears wholly flesh- eating animals?
26139Are all dragon- flies of the same size, build, and colour?
26139Are all good conductors equally good?
26139Are all robins of the same colour?
26139Are any two seeds alike in shape?
26139Are crows often seen on the ground?
26139Are earthworms ever found out of their burrows during the day?
26139Are leaves all of the same shape?
26139Are metals generally good conductors?
26139Are mosquitoes ever seen during fall or winter?
26139Are mosquitoes of any use?
26139Are scarecrows effective in keeping crows off the grain fields?
26139Are the branches the same length on all sides of the trunk?
26139Are the eyes of the horse so placed that he can see behind him and to either side as well as in front?
26139Are the flowers that you have in your hands withering?
26139Are the leaf buds and flower buds more numerous near the inside of the tree top or more numerous at the outer part of the top?
26139Are the leaves placed in the right way, and are they of the right form to get these things?
26139Are the leaves spread out flat or curled up?
26139Are the many webs that are found on the meadow grass in the dewy mornings the homes of spiders?
26139Are the seeds easy to find if they are spilled upon the ground?
26139Are there any buds on the branches?
26139Are there any countries in which people do not need to gather in the grains, vegetables, and fruits?
26139Are there any differences in the cocoons from which they emerge?
26139Are there any distinct lines of white?
26139Are there any of these foods that are not good for its health?
26139Are there any other animals that would be as useful as the horse for all these things?
26139Are there any patches of red?
26139Are there any small, prematurely ripe apples on the ground in the orchard?
26139Are there any stripes or spots on its breast or head?
26139Are there more entrances than one?
26139Are there worms in these apples?
26139Are these sugar maples infested with insects or attacked by fungi?
26139Are they found singly or in flocks?
26139Are toads that live in light- coloured sand of the same colour as those that live in black clay?
26139Are wood- chucks ever seen during the winter?
26139Assign the pupils some other things to discover, as for example: Through how many months of the summer does the bird sing?
26139At what time of year are dragon- flies most numerous?
26139At what times of day does the ground- hog come out?
26139Between the third and fourth?
26139By conduction?
26139CONVECTION Water is not a conductor, how then is it heated?
26139CONVERSATION LESSON How many of you keep chickens at your homes?
26139CORRELATIONS Literature: Do you know the chickadee, In his brownish ashen coat, With a cap so black and jaunty, And a black patch on his throat?
26139Can a dog be induced to seize a toad?
26139Can a small boy"teeter"on a board against a big boy?
26139Can an earthworm live in water?
26139Did the mother bird make much noise as she rose from the nest?
26139Did this help to reveal its presence?
26139Did you notice any dead limbs on those in the woods?
26139Did you notice any difference between the shapes of the pines in the deep woods and the pines in the open fields?
26139Discuss the means taken to protect the various crops, as follows: Why can grain be kept in barns or granaries or in stacks?
26139Discuss with the pupils such questions as: What are people busy doing on their farms and in their gardens at this time of year?
26139Do all liquids expand on freezing?
26139Do all morning- glory vines twine in the same direction?
26139Do all twigs grow at the same rate?
26139Do its movements reveal energy or listlessness?
26139Do more wood- chucks than one live in one burrow?
26139Do the flowers grow higher than the leaves?
26139Do the holes made by the downy injure the trees?
26139Do the insects bite the leaves or suck the juices?
26139Do the larvà ¦ feed by biting or by sucking?
26139Do the leaves overlap one another or does each make room for its neighbours?
26139Do the scars look like fresh wounds, or are they healed over?
26139Do the young ducks need to be taught to swim?
26139Do these trees yield sap that is suitable for making maple syrup?
26139Do they draw back if the ground is jarred near them?
26139Do they draw back when the light falls upon them?
26139Do they expand equally?
26139Do they keep well in bouquets?
26139Do they look better when with the leaves or when alone?
26139Do they stand hot, dry weather as well as other flowers?
26139Do they use the same burrow year after year?
26139Do they walk or hop?
26139Do trilliums grow from the same root- stock year after year?
26139Do you find the birds in pairs during winter?
26139Do you see white specks moving?
26139Does it ever crack?
26139Does it use its sharp beak as a drill or as a pick?
26139Does strong wind help or hinder the growth of a tree?
26139Does the bear climb a pole in the same way that a boy does?
26139Does the bird run or hop?
26139Does the bird sing this song often?
26139Does the cup close up as soon as the petals fall?
26139Does the cup fall off when the petals fall?
26139Does the father bird aid in bringing food to the young?
26139Does the heat reach the hand by convection?
26139Does the kind of soil make any difference?
26139Does the larva feed by biting or by sucking?
26139Does the point of the beak pierce the skin?
26139Does the squirrel come down a tree head foremost, or tail foremost?
26139Does the water at the bottom soon become warm?
26139Does this account for the colour of Arctic animals?
26139During summer?
26139Examine a squirrel''s tracks in the snow; which foot- prints are in front?
26139FIELD EXERCISE FOLLOWING CLASS- ROOM LESSON( Just after the blossoms are fully open) What is the colour of the apple blossom?
26139Farther?
26139Find out what kind of seeds each weed produces?
26139From this experiment could you recommend a certain depth for the planting of wheat and buckwheat?
26139From what part of the body is the silk obtained?
26139Hard to capture?
26139Has the candle used up_ all_ the air when it goes out?
26139Has the earthworm any eyes, ears, or nose?
26139Have all chipmunks the same number of stripes?
26139Hence, what is one use of the root?
26139Hence, what kind of home must we have ready for the rabbit?
26139Hence, what must the flower get from the stem?
26139How are alluvial plains formed?
26139How are barrels of salt and sugar loaded and unloaded?
26139How are heavy logs loaded on a sleigh or truck?
26139How are rabbits prepared for living during cold weather?
26139How are the buds protected from rain?
26139How are the claws fitted for seizing prey?
26139How are the claws protected from being made dull by striking against objects when the cat is walking?
26139How are the ears fitted for life in water?
26139How are the edible parts stored for winter use?
26139How are the eggs protected?
26139How are the eyes protected?
26139How are the hind legs fitted for making long hops?
26139How are the poison claws adapted for seizing and piercing?
26139How are the seed cases fitted for protecting the seeds?
26139How are the seeds protected?
26139How can a large class of children be managed in the woods or fields?
26139How can the cold snow keep the earth warm?
26139How can you keep them from withering?
26139How could you manufacture salt from sea water?
26139How do ducks feed on land?
26139How do mosquitoes find their victims?
26139How do the stems differ?
26139How do they compare with the pines?
26139How do you account for their rapid increase in number early in summer?
26139How does a dog hold a bone while he is picking it, and how does he get the meat off the bone?
26139How does a rabbit move?
26139How does a squirrel open a nut?
26139How does cold affect it?
26139How does heat affect the ball?
26139How does it do it?
26139How does it move down a tree trunk?
26139How does it move up a tree trunk?
26139How does one know it is larger?
26139How does this plant grow?
26139How has it changed in feeling?
26139How has nature fitted the cow and the horse respectively, for defence?
26139How has the ball changed in feeling?
26139How is it fitted for doing this?
26139How is it fitted for hearing faint sounds?
26139How is the animal fitted for this habit of life, etc.?
26139How is the bill adapted for picking up grains and seeds?
26139How is the cocoon fastened to the tree?
26139How is the nest concealed?
26139How is the size of the earth changing?
26139How many are in each bunch?
26139How many are placed at one spot?
26139How many blossoms are in one bud?
26139How many eggs?
26139How many forms of spiders''webs can you find?
26139How many in the flower beds?
26139How many in the vegetable garden?
26139How many kinds of feeling can a squirrel express by its voice?
26139How many kinds of mosquitoes have you seen?
26139How many legs has the larva?
26139How many other breeds do you know?
26139How many seeds are in each case?
26139How many toads can you find on your lawn in one evening?
26139How many wasps enter and how many leave the nest in a minute?
26139How may soil be treated so as to lessen evaporation of water?
26139How old are the lambs before they can keep up with the old sheep when running?
26139How old is the stem between the first and second whorls?
26139How old is the very top, down to the first whorl of branches?
26139How old is your twig?
26139How?
26139ICE GLACIERS.--How do these act on rocks?
26139If a ton of hay is unloaded at five equal forkfuls, what weight has the horse to draw at each load?
26139If not of the same colour, what difference do you note?
26139If only one class be taken, how, in an ungraded school, are the rest of the children to be employed?
26139If so, on what kind of days?
26139If so, where are the buds?
26139If the interior of the earth is very hot, why do we not feel it?
26139If the surface of the body is eight square feet, what weight does it have to sustain?
26139If we want trees to grow tall, how should we plant them?
26139In bathing, where do you find the coldest water of a pond or still river?
26139In helping to move a wagon, why grasp the wheel near its rim?
26139In how many directions can a horse move his ears?
26139In making a balance, why should the arms be equal?
26139In size?
26139In size?
26139In using shears, is it better to place the object you wish to cut near the handles or near the points?
26139In what case is it farthest to the top?
26139In what localities are they most plentiful?
26139In what respect are the leaves of these plants alike or unlike?
26139In what ways are these places all alike?
26139In what ways does this home protect the rabbit?
26139In which do plants succeed best?
26139In which is there less danger of drowning, lake or sea water?
26139Is it a tree of rapid or slow growth?
26139Is it cheerful or gloomy?
26139Is it loud or low?
26139Is it possible to recover the substance dissolved?
26139Is it sweet or harsh?
26139Is it true that a toad is attracted by music?
26139Is the crop around the tree inferior to that in the rest of the field?
26139Is the decrease in weight as evident?
26139Is the gas heavier than air?
26139Is the nest easy to see?
26139Is the opening ever deserted?
26139Is the song bright and cheerful or dull and gloomy?
26139Is there a long or a short growth?
26139Is this gas likely to be in the air?
26139Is water a good conductor?
26139Look into the top of the flower; what figure do the tips of the six flower leaves form?
26139Measure the girth of the trunk of the largest?
26139OBSERVATIONS I Why is"checkerboard"a good name for this bird?
26139Of what advantage is it to the rabbit to move silently?
26139Of what use are the bud scales?
26139Of what use are the gum and scales?
26139Of what use are the tufts of hair?
26139Of what use is it to the bud to be between the twig and the leaf stalk?
26139Of what use is the brown colour of the bud?
26139Of what use is the bulky part of the seed?
26139Of what use is the hard shell of the seed?
26139Of what use is the tail in cold weather?
26139Of what use is the tail in leaping?
26139Of what use to the tree is the healing of the scar?
26139Of what use to the young leaves is the downy covering?
26139Of what use was this habit to wild horses?
26139Of what use was this to wild horses?
26139Of what use was this to wild horses?
26139Of what use were these habits to wild horses?
26139Of what use were these long legs to the wild horses?
26139Of what value are these qualities to the tree during winter storms?
26139Of what value to the toad are these differences in colour?
26139On which species do the leaves persist longest?
26139PROBLEMS Why does the fish require a large mouth?
26139Reading and literature: By interpreting Where did you spend the dreary winter?
26139SPIDERS~Problems in observation.~--In how many places can you find spiders''webs?
26139STUDIES FROM THE GARDEN AS A WHOLE What plants grow tallest?
26139STUDIES IN THE PUPIL''S INDIVIDUAL PLOT What plant is the first to appear above ground?
26139Should dragon- flies be protected?
26139Should we encourage the visits of woodpeckers to the orchards?
26139Since the rabbit likes a soft bed, what can you bring for its bed?
26139Spray the insects with a little oil, such as kerosene, or with water in which the stub of a cigar has been soaked; what is the effect?
26139Sprinkle paris- green on the leaves; does this kill the insects?
26139THE SHEEP PROBLEMS FOR FIELD WORK How do sheep find one another when they have become separated?
26139THE SQUIRREL FIELD EXERCISES~Problems~: Is it true that squirrels have little roads along the ground?
26139The pupils should be asked to observe the feeding of birds thus: Watch the wrens returning to the nest; what do they carry to their young?
26139Their colour?
26139Then ask a few questions bearing upon their own observations, such as: What was the soil like where you found the pine tree growing?
26139Through which soil does it rise faster?
26139Thus: Do you ever see ground- hogs out during winter?
26139Upon what does the animal feed?
26139Upon what does the young tadpole feed?
26139What advertisements do the flowers put out for attracting themselves?
26139What allowance is made for contraction in a wire fence?
26139What are the arrangements for lessening the shock when the hoof strikes the ground?
26139What are the conditions that are best suited for keeping the latter products?
26139What are the seeds for?
26139What are the uses of these movements?
26139What are these birds doing?
26139What are they?
26139What bird sounds do you hear?
26139What birds are seen tapping at the bark scales of the apple trees during winter?
26139What birds come to it?
26139What birds do you see?
26139What branches are oldest?
26139What breeds of chickens do you keep?
26139What caused the end bud to grow larger than the others?
26139What caused these changes?
26139What causes bread to rise?
26139What causes earthquakes?
26139What causes horses to"shy"?
26139What causes some horses to be lean and weary while others are fat and brisk?
26139What causes the biscuits to"rise"?
26139What did the centre bud become?
26139What different features of the flower enable it to attract attention?
26139What do the leaves need to make them green and healthy?
26139What do the movements of the cat indicate?
26139What do they feed upon during the winter?
26139What does it carry with it?
26139What does the green cup grow to be?
26139What does the rabbit eat?
26139What does this animal do?
26139What does your mother do if the metal rim refuses to come off the fruit jar?
26139What effect has cold weather, warm weather, dry weather, on the growth of the plants?
26139What features give to the bear his great strength?
26139What features of build give to the horse greater speed than the cow?
26139What fits it for growing in this way?
26139What fits the lamb for running so well?
26139What garden plants produce flowers?
26139What gives to the crow its swift flight?
26139What has been noticed about them and their nests?
26139What has caused these changes?
26139What has made the corners smooth and rounded?
26139What holds the leaves out straight and flat?
26139What if the woods are miles away?
26139What injury does the animal cause to the fields?
26139What insect does it resemble in shape?
26139What insect friends visit the dandelion?
26139What insects visit the flowers?
26139What is another use that you have discovered for the root?
26139What is growing in the field?
26139What is in them?
26139What is the advantage of external gills at this stage in the tadpole''s life?
26139What is the condition of ground- hogs in late summer and in autumn?
26139What is the height of the trunk?
26139What is the kind of soil dug out in making the burrow?
26139What is the need for the great quantity of pollen that the plant produces?
26139What is the shape, size, and build of the nest?
26139What is the use of the great store of fat that they have in their bodies?
26139What kind of root has each weed?
26139What kind was the largest?
26139What kinds are the most useful for driving?
26139What kinds are the most useful for general farm work?
26139What kinds of food do the parent birds bring to the young?
26139What kinds of horses are most useful for hauling heavy loads?
26139What kinds of stables should horses have as to warmth, dryness, and fresh air?
26139What makes it easy to find even in long grass?
26139What makes it strong?
26139What makes them hard to find?
26139What makes these movements possible?
26139What organ of the insect was contained in the"handle"of the chrysalis?
26139What other examples like this have you noticed?
26139What part of the cocoon is made first and what part is made last?
26139What percentage of the apples are wormy?
26139What plant is the last to appear?
26139What plants are most suitable for borders?
26139What plants are valuable for their edible roots, for their edible leaves, for their edible seeds?
26139What plants are valuable for their flowers?
26139What plants grow the fastest?
26139What provision is made in the cocoon for warmth, for protection from birds, for shelter from rain?
26139What reward do they receive for their work?
26139What seeds are up first?
26139What seeds last?
26139What size of stones are dug out in burrowing?
26139What sort of home does a rabbit have?
26139What time is required for making the cocoon?
26139What use is made of gravel?
26139What useful work do insects do for the flower?
26139What uses do spiders make of their webs?
26139What weeds grow in the plot?
26139When a horse is warm from driving on a cold day, how should he be protected if hitched out- of- doors?
26139When did the frost kill them?
26139When do the young wood- chucks first come out of the burrow?
26139When does the duck sleep?
26139When horses in a field are alarmed, do they rush together or keep apart, and where are the young foals found at this time?
26139When we call a bottle"empty"what is in it?
26139When your ink- bottle was placed on the stove, which end became warmer?
26139Where are the youngest branches and how old are they?
26139Where do nearly all seeds spend the winter?
26139Where do the wrens get the snails and grubs?
26139Where do they prefer to make their nests?
26139Where do wild rabbits live?
26139Where does the stem get the moisture?
26139Where is the best place to put the load on a wheel- barrow?
26139Where were the apples that grew last year attached?
26139Where were the buds two years ago?
26139Where would you grasp the pump- handle when you wish to pump( 1) easily,( 2) quickly?
26139Which are best after a week?
26139Which are highest in one week, in two weeks, in four weeks?
26139Which bakes hardest in the sun?
26139Which blossoms first?
26139Which buds are the larger, those at the end or those on the side of the twig?
26139Which cools most rapidly?
26139Which end of its body does the cow raise first?
26139Which end of the body does the horse raise first when it is getting up?
26139Which form of insect places the egg mass and is therefore the female?
26139Which is easier to climb?
26139Which is easier, to dig when the spade is thrust full length or half length into the earth?
26139Which is the coolest colour to wear in the hot sun?
26139Which is the sharper, a dog''s eye or his nose?
26139Which is the warmest colour to wear in winter?
26139Which legs are the more useful for hopping?
26139Which makes the best road in wet weather, gravel, sand, or clay?
26139Which seems to mature most quickly?
26139Which shape do you think is the prettiest?
26139Which suffers most from the drought?
26139Which warms faster?
26139Who has the oldest twig?
26139Who has the twig that had the most rapid growth?
26139Why are the bulbs planted near the top of the soil?
26139Why are there no openings from the surface directly into the ears?
26139Why are there so many different breeds?
26139Why are they most plentiful in these places?
26139Why are they most useful?
26139Why are they the most useful?
26139Why can apples, turnips, and potatoes not be kept in the same way as grains?
26139Why can it not sleep upon a perch as hens do?
26139Why can no dew form on a cloudy night?
26139Why can they not be kept in these ways?
26139Why did some of the ink- bottles burst in the cold room?
26139Why did they die?
26139Why do earthworms burrow deep in dry weather?
26139Why do farmers plough in the fall?
26139Why do fish die if many are kept in a jar of water?
26139Why do king- birds chase and thrash the crow?
26139Why do many kinds of people keep chickens?
26139Why do the stove- pipes crack when the fire is first started?
26139Why do these weeds obstruct the growth of the other plants?
26139Why do they harvest and store the wheat, oats, corn, potatoes, and apples, etc.?
26139Why do we breathe faster?
26139Why do we feel warmer?
26139Why does a coat of snow keep the earth warm?
26139Why does a cow or horse take a zigzag path when climbing a steep hill?
26139Why does dew form?
26139Why does ice float?
26139Why does ice float?
26139Why does it not?
26139Why does the cat bring home living animals to her kittens, while the dog buries dead animals?
26139Why does the crow perch high up in trees?
26139Why does the earth cool off at night?
26139Why does the fire burn better when the damper is opened?
26139Why does the house go"thump"on a very cold night?
26139Why does the water leave the flask?
26139Why does the water return?
26139Why does this weight not crush us?
26139Why does your hand freeze to metals but not to wood?
26139Why is a large mouth useful?
26139Why is a long- handled spade easier to dig with than a short- handled one?
26139Why is a mountain top or a desert so cold, especially at night?
26139Why is each weed hard to keep out of fields?
26139Why is fall- ploughed land so mellow in spring?
26139Why is it cruel to put a frosty bit into a horse''s mouth?
26139Why is it cruel to put an earthworm on a fishhook?
26139Why is it difficult to pull an earthworm out of its burrow?
26139Why is it hard to find?
26139Why is it necessary for the rabbit to be able to hear faint sounds?
26139Why is it necessary to"shake"the bottle before taking medicine?
26139Why is the crayfish hard to find?
26139Why is the dandelion easy to find?
26139Why is the duck more plain in dress than the drake?
26139Why is the mouth of the toad better suited to its manner of life than the small mouth of the tadpole would be?
26139Why is the pot set in a cool, dark place for a month or more?
26139Why is the rabbit able to defend itself by kicking with its hind feet?
26139Why is the soil packed firmly around the bulbs?
26139Why is this soil suitable for the burrow?
26139Why is this?
26139Why must the soil be well wetted?
26139Why should a plant have so many seeds?
26139Why should sheep be kept in a well- ventilated building that protects them from snow and rain but is not very warm?
26139Why should the downy be welcomed in our orchards?
26139Why should we have stoves and stove- pipes dull black?
26139Why should we have the outside of a tea- kettle, teapot, or hot- air shaft of a bright colour?
26139Why then did it crack?
26139Why was it difficult to see such a large, and now that it is seen, conspicuous object?
26139Why will spraying with a poison, such as paris- green, kill these insects?
26139Why will the rabbit, when kept in a hutch, require less food than one that runs about?
26139Why would gills be unsuitable for the life of the toad?
26139Why, when he is warm from driving, should the blanket not be put on until he has been in the stable for a little while?
26139Why?
26139Will he seize it as readily a second time as he did the first?
26139Will the excursion not degenerate into a mere outing?
26139Will the human body sink in water?
26139With what organs are the threads placed in position?
26139yellow as gold, What do you do all day?
26139~Difficulties.~--Where is the time to be found?
26139~Lesson.~--The matter and method are suggested by the following: What are the different things for which horses are useful?
26139~Questions and Observations.~--At what time of the year are mosquitoes most plentiful?
26139~Questions and Observations.~--What is the use of the dark colour of the area from which the tadpole is formed?
26139~Questions.~--What movements has the toad which the tadpole did not have?
43200But why do we prune?
43200Did you hear this cricket chirp? 43200 From Paris to Rome?"
43200From Rome to Constantinople?
43200How did you tame them?
43200Upon what plant or flower did you find this bug?
43200Was he jeering at us?
43200What do the blossoms look like?
43200When do the winged seeds fall?
43200Where did you find this beetle?
43200Who cares,one may say,"so long as they do n''t stay around where we are as they did last summer?"
43200( a) What is the most noticeable character that distinguishes the nuthatch from the chickadee?
43200( b) Does the nuthatch usually frequent the bole or the twigs of a tree?
43200( c) Is there any difference in this respect between the habits of the nuthatch and the chickadee?
43200***** And now what is a winter bud?
43200311)?
43200311_ a, a_)?
43200369), and make it six feet in diameter: how many bulbs would you want?
43200380?
43200A coop of chickens._] What is the color of the turkey''s egg?
43200A glass of cold water on which vapor has condensed in drops._] Do you wish to prove that the water vapor is there, although unseen?
43200A happy family._] What kind of food do geese like best?
43200A turkey likes to roam through the fields._] What is the color of the turkey''s face?
43200After a few minutes he said,"It is corn, is n''t it?"
43200After the class has seen this operation the teacher may give the following lesson: Where is your skeleton?
43200After the storm?
43200And I wonder whether birds and animals usually make motions just for the sake of making them?
43200And can you explain?
43200And did they go in flocks or alone?
43200And do not these scars, standing together, make the"ring"which marks the beginning of the new growth?
43200And does he gather the same kind of food in spring and summer?
43200And if they do not, do you think that they are worth the same price the dozen?
43200And what are the"pussies"?
43200And what is he about all this time?
43200Are all sorts of trees affected alike by wind, ice, and snow?
43200Are all sugar maples that you know the same shape?
43200Are both seeds of the pair filled out?
43200Are feathers ever taken from live geese for beds?
43200Are the buds on the twigs opposite or alternate?
43200Are the crystals large and flowery or small and clear?
43200Are the drifts deepest close to the trees, or is there a space between the tree and the drift?
43200Are the ears on the same side of the stalk or on opposite sides?
43200Are the joints nearer each other at the bottom or at the top?
43200Are the kernel- sockets of adjacent rows opposite each other or alternate?
43200Are the leaves that come up late in the spring as fuzzy when they first appear as those that come up early?
43200Are the mother birds and father birds unlike in size or color?
43200Are the paths over which the caterpillars travel when searching for food marked in any way?
43200Are the rows in distinct pairs?
43200Are the same plants growing there that grow in the open field?
43200Are the seeds attached or joined to any part of the core?
43200Are the snow crystals of the same storm similar in structure and decoration?
43200Are the threads of silk woven in the same direction in all parts of the covering?
43200Are the tips of the twigs the same color as the bark on the larger limbs and trunk?
43200Are the tubers borne on roots?
43200Are there any bright colors of branch and twig to relieve the bareness of the snow?
43200Are there any feathers on it?
43200Are there any weak- looking or dead twigs?
43200Are there not spacious galleries in it?
43200Are there other birds that have this arrangement of toes?
43200Are there two membranes?
43200Are they always of the same color when they are hatched that they are when they are grown up?
43200Are they attached to the tip of a branchlet?
43200Are they crooked or straight?
43200Are they like their mother?
43200Are they natural size?_][ Illustration:_ Fig.
43200Are they on the same side of the stalk, or how are they disposed?
43200Are they simple or compound?
43200Are they the same color in February that they were in the short December days?
43200Are they the same distance apart throughout the length of the stem?
43200Are they worth as much now?
43200Are you able to discriminate between the hairy and the downy when you see them?
43200Are you able to distinguish between the tapping of the woodpecker when searching for food, and his drumming when he is making music?
43200Are you able to verify the statements made in the lesson concerning the flight in opposite directions in morning and evening?
43200Are you quite sure that the mosquitoes have not spent their winter under your protection?
43200Are you surprised that I closed the knife and put it into my pocket?
43200As soon as the eggs hatch ask the following questions: What sort of young ones hatch out of the eggs?
43200As you look at two sugar maple trees, do they seem to be colored alike?
43200Ask concerning the cocoons: Where did you find them?
43200Ask the pupils the following questions: At what times did we find the worms in their tents?
43200At the last school meeting, did the patrons instruct the trustees not to pay more than six dollars per week for your services?
43200At what height do the lowest branches arise?
43200At what temperature do snow crystals form?
43200At what time of day are you looking for the dandelions?
43200At what time of day do they feed?
43200B. C. Just a tawny glimmer, A dash of red and gray,-- Is it a flitting shadow, Or a sunbeam gone astray?
43200Beneath?
43200Bluebird?
43200Boil an egg until it is very hard; does the white of the egg separate in layers?
43200Break the yoke carefully; do you notice layers of light and dark color?
43200Brick or wood?
43200But if I should ask:"When does the sugar maple blossom?"
43200But where is he in summer and fall and winter?
43200But where is the dividing line between brook, creek, and river?
43200But who has thought to inquire where and how the mosquito has spent the cold season?
43200But why did these three fruits die?
43200By fragrance?
43200Can a horse sleep when standing?
43200Can the rain get through this paper?
43200Can you always tell which way the bird was going?
43200Can you associate these differences with the actions of the birds?
43200Can you explain to your parents why the draft horse should weigh more than the coach horse?
43200Can you find any winged seeds near the tree?
43200Can you imagine what kind of horse belongs to that head and neck?
43200Can you imitate it, or write it so that Uncle John can recognize it?
43200Can you not make some drawings of eggs showing how they differ, and send to Uncle John?
43200Can you see any difference in the direction of the outside layers on top of the nest and those which are below?
43200Can you see the sun?
43200Can you tell one when you see it?
43200Can you tell them apart?
43200Can you tell which is the hen turkey and which the gobbler?
43200Can you tell why?
43200Can you tell why?
43200Certainly; but where do the seeds come from?
43200Character of twig growth?
43200Color?
43200Could it be in a better place?
43200Could the corn plant itself without the agency of man?
43200Could you raise a calf until it became a grown cow and then trade it for a pony?
43200Did Rover make them?
43200Did it do anything to attract your notice to it, or did you find it by accident?
43200Did she cover up her eggs?
43200Did the wind change during the storm?
43200Did they all enjoy it?
43200Did you discover animals or birds feeding upon the cicada?
43200Did you ever ask what they find to eat in the water, and how they eat it?
43200Did you ever hear of the caruncle on the head of the turkey?
43200Did you ever look for these buds in the fall?
43200Did you ever look through an egg at a strong light?
43200Did you ever notice whether robins that come first in the spring have brighter breasts than those that come later?
43200Did you ever see a fish yawn?
43200Did you ever see a red squirrel disturb birds''nests?
43200Did you ever see a red squirrel''s nest?
43200Did you ever see a turkey''s nest, and where was it?
43200Did you ever see anything wetter than a wet hen?
43200Did you ever see fowls whose feathers were all crinkled up toward their head?
43200Did you ever see fowls without feathers?
43200Did you ever see hens and ducks out in the rain?
43200Did you ever see him getting the winged seeds out of a pitch pine cone?
43200Did you ever see one in summer?
43200Did you ever see robin in winter in New York?
43200Did you ever watch a turkey steal her nest?
43200Did you ever watch ducklings and little chickens eat?
43200Did you ever watch turkeys hunting grasshoppers?
43200Did you ever wonder why they were there?
43200Did you notice any difference in their appetites?
43200Did you send your name asking that you be served?
43200Direction of branches?
43200Do all ants build mound nests?
43200Do all have the feelers or antennà ¦ the same length?
43200Do all kinds of ducks cover their eggs?
43200Do all the fishes you find possess a lateral line?
43200Do any of the rows disappear near the tip; if so, how many?
43200Do any of the trees need pruning, and why?
43200Do both birds take part in the building?
43200Do crows winter in your vicinity?
43200Do ducks and geese have combs?
43200Do ducks, geese, turkeys, and hens all cover their eggs?
43200Do eggs from different breeds of hens differ in color?
43200Do eggs from different kinds of poultry differ in shape?
43200Do flickers remain all winter?
43200Do goose quills make good holders for artists''brushes?
43200Do little chickens have feathers when they are hatched?
43200Do males and females differ in color?
43200Do rabbits or mice or moles or frogs inhabit the premises?
43200Do red- headed woodpeckers ever visit your chicken yard?
43200Do some smell sweeter than others?
43200Do the first- laid turkey''s eggs differ in color from those that are laid later?
43200Do the flowers attract insects by color?
43200Do the flowers come out of the crown bud?
43200Do the holes made in earlier years become farther apart as the tree grows?
43200Do the leaves of other kinds of trees make a scar when they fall?
43200Do the leaves of the pines and of the other evergreen trees fall at the end of the growing season, as the leaves of most of the deciduous trees do?
43200Do the leaves persist in the Scotch and Austrian pines longer than they do in the others we have examined?
43200Do the leaves"sleep"at night, as those of clover do?
43200Do the new leaves or the flowers come first?
43200Do the snow storms in your locality come from one general direction all winter?
43200Do the squirrels of your neighborhood have certain paths in tree- tops which they follow?
43200Do the stalks or leaves grow after the ears begin to form?
43200Do the wasps store honey?
43200Do these colors change in winter?
43200Do these scales leave scars?
43200Do they appear to radiate from the trunk?
43200Do they bring up any visions of summer and brooks and woods?
43200Do they change their plumage?
43200Do they come from the same direction each morning?
43200Do they differ in length of trunk?
43200Do they go on or do they stop?
43200Do they live as a colony during the winter?
43200Do they offer as much surface to the air for evaporation when they are curled?
43200Do they remain on the tree longer than the white pine leaves do?
43200Do they store it for winter?
43200Do they vary in color?
43200Do turkeys lay their eggs in the barn or poultry house, as chickens do?
43200Do turkeys think?
43200Do you believe a squirrel ever planted an oak?
43200Do you believe that the husk is a modified leaf; if so why?
43200Do you catch leaves in winter as well as in summer?
43200Do you ever find insects near the holes made by the sapsucker?
43200Do you ever see the downy woodpecker eat seeds of plants that the farmers do not like to have on their land?
43200Do you ever see them flying in large numbers?
43200Do you find any distinct spots on the leaves?
43200Do you find anything in it beside the pupa?
43200Do you find beech- nuts or other food stored in decayed trees?
43200Do you find leaves on the snow?
43200Do you find rings on other twigs?
43200Do you find the little tubercles or nodules on the roots?
43200Do you find them also on hens''legs?
43200Do you find"suckers"growing; if so what is the variety?
43200Do you infer from this that it is well to exterminate the ant colonies in your flower garden?
43200Do you know any other flowers of similar shape?
43200Do you know any other kinds of maples?
43200Do you know how the flicker feeds its young?
43200Do you know how to clear your plants of plant- lice?
43200Do you know its song?
43200Do you know of any part of the corn that is used in constructing battleships?
43200Do you know that some hens do not pay their board?
43200Do you know the call of the flicker?
43200Do you know the difference in the notes of the hairy and downy?
43200Do you know the note of the nuthatch?
43200Do you know the"phoebe"note of the chickadee?
43200Do you like to hear them honking as they go on their way?
43200Do you not think that nature students should use their influence to protect the trees in the school grounds, in the door yards, and along the streets?
43200Do you notice a membrane?
43200Do you notice any difference in color when the turkey is angry?
43200Do you remember how the vespa workers prepared food for the larvà ¦ in their colony and what they fed them?
43200Do you remember that last spring we promised to send a packet of seed to each of you who asked for it?
43200Do you see a little growth at the base of the leaf that prevents the rain from flowing down between the stalk and the clasping leaf?
43200Do you see a resemblance to the calla lily when you bend the tip of the hood backward?
43200Do you see any change in the flowers?
43200Do you see any cocoons on your twig?
43200Do you see any warmth of color in the swales where the willows and osiers are?
43200Do you see chickadees in summer?
43200Do you see long"stubs"left, where limbs have been cut?
43200Do you see old plumes of grass and weeds standing above the snow?
43200Do you see them later in the year eating fruit on your farm?
43200Do you see them on any of these pictures?
43200Do you see them so often on other kinds of fences?
43200Do you suppose he is listening when he cocks his head to one side and then to the other?
43200Do you suppose that the photographer told them to look pleasant?
43200Do you suppose they remain green all winter?
43200Do you think a wasp could make one alone?
43200Do you think an old grandmother goose would give enough feathers in her lifetime to make a good bed?
43200Do you think he eats them?
43200Do you think it uses its teeth for this purpose?
43200Do you think that a duck can scratch for worms?
43200Do you think that eggs from all kinds of hens weigh the same?
43200Do you think that the Declaration of Independence was signed with a quill pen?
43200Do you think that the tuber- bearing branches aid in collecting food from the soil?
43200Do you think that we shall find him capable of so clever a trick?
43200Do you think the flicker is a beneficial bird?
43200Do you think the nest can be called a castle?
43200Do you think there is any real roadster, or coach horse, or draft horse in your neighborhood?
43200Do you think there was once a large terminal bud where these rings are?
43200Does he build another nest and rear another family, or does he go vacationing?
43200Does he gather cherries for his family or for himself?
43200Does he sing all the year?
43200Does he wear different colors in winter and summer?
43200Does it always go in a spiral?
43200Does it branch into many fibres, as grass roots or corn roots do?
43200Does it carry nuts in its teeth or in its cheeks?
43200Does it change color?
43200Does it commence to lift itself up straight from the joint, or from a place between the joints?
43200Does it curve upwards or downwards?
43200Does it differ in shape?
43200Does it frequent the trunks of trees, or the twigs?
43200Does it grow below or above ground?
43200Does it injure trees to tap them?
43200Does it open nuts for the meat or the grubs within?
43200Does it remain in that position?
43200Does it resemble the leaf in structure?
43200Does it spend its time sleeping in winter like the chipmunk, or does it go out often to get food?
43200Does it travel down or up?
43200Does it use its tail as a brace in climbing trees as does the woodpecker?
43200Does she cover it with a thin eyelid?
43200Does she wait long if there is no response?
43200Does snow evaporate as well as melt?
43200Does the air space increase in size?
43200Does the ant step on the aphids as she runs about among them?
43200Does the curvature differ in different kinds of fishes?
43200Does the distance between the joints always remain the same?
43200Does the downy woodpecker travel down a tree head first or does he hop backward?
43200Does the egg- mass shine?
43200Does the father bird care for her when she is sitting?
43200Does the leaf have a stem or petiole or is it attached directly to the branch without any stem?
43200Does the little hood fold over at first?
43200Does the nuthatch alight with its head down or up?
43200Does the plant have a tap- root, or do the roots spread laterally?
43200Does the plant remind you of any other plant that you ever saw?
43200Does the plumage of the yearling crow differ from that of the older birds?
43200Does the red squirrel hibernate; that is, does he sleep all winter as the chipmunk does?
43200Does the red squirrel store food for winter use?
43200Does the stalk break more easily at the joints than elsewhere?
43200Does the storm come from the same direction as the wind?
43200Does the temperature rise or fall during a snow storm?
43200Does the tip of the hood fold over at first?
43200Does the tuber terminate the branch?
43200Does this growth extend to the tip of the root?
43200Does this sweet taste continue as the kernel matures?
43200Does, perhaps, the springtime bring divorce as well as marriage?
43200During the storm?
43200During which seasons do they get the most sunlight?
43200Edges entire or fine toothed?
43200For what kinds of trees is this form desirable?
43200Fore or back?
43200Form?
43200From the stored- up material in the root, does it not?
43200From these measurements tell whether the plant grows only at the top, or has it several growing places?
43200From your observations which kinds suffer most?
43200General method of branching?
43200Get the children to examine the egg- masses; ask the following questions: On what part of the trees are these egg- masses found?
43200Hairy or smooth?
43200Half size._] But will these fruit- spurs bear fruit again in 1897?
43200Half size._] Why did some of these branches grow to be larger than others?
43200Has a turtle scales also?
43200Has it a language?
43200Has it any special development of the feet to help it in traveling on tree trunks?
43200Has it been able to cover its wounds by the healing process?
43200Has it cheek pockets like the chipmunk?
43200Has it ever seemed to you that ants carry on a conversation when they meet?
43200Has it the same number of toes that you find on a rooster''s foot?
43200Has it yellow on the underparts, black on the breast, a red throat, and red on the crown instead of on the nape?
43200Has the flicker a straight bill like the downy woodpecker?
43200Has the flicker a straight bill like the downy''s?
43200Has this similarity in color any use?
43200Have not its old ones dried long ago in the cellar?
43200Have the weavers rolled them up and carried them off?
43200Have you any house plant that you think is related to Jack- in- the- pulpit?
43200Have you approached a woodpecker closely enough to see how its toes are arranged?
43200Have you been able to see the drum?
43200Have you ever found a complete ring of holes?
43200Have you ever gone into the deep woods after a storm?
43200Have you ever noticed the ruffled edges of the leaves?
43200Have you ever observed the grass to be green beneath snow drifts?
43200Have you ever seen a flicker catching ants?
43200Have you ever seen a flicker''s nest?
43200Have you ever seen a flicker?
43200Have you ever seen a flock of wild geese flying northward or southward?
43200Have you ever seen an ant attacking the enemies of plant- lice?
43200Have you ever seen an ant- hill?
43200Have you ever seen crow''s nests?
43200Have you ever seen one fly into the air after a passing insect?
43200Have you ever seen the beet in blossom?
43200Have you ever seen the little wax balls on the tubes of the plant- lice?
43200Have you ever seen the scratches in the snow made by the stiff wing feathers when the crow takes its flight from the ground?
43200Have you ever seen the tracks of animals on the snow in the woods?
43200Have you ever seen two chickens or two ducks exactly alike?
43200Have you ever seen winged ants?
43200Have you ever seen your father go into the orchard and prune his trees?
43200Have you ever turned over stones or broken off pieces of an old stump in the woods or along the bank of a stream?
43200Have you found any seeds from your tree?
43200Have you observed ants meet and"converse"with each other?
43200Have you observed any species of woodpecker drumming?
43200Have you seen the ants carrying their young?
43200Have you seen the flicker''s mate?
43200Have you seen the lady- bird larvà ¦ or the ant- lions destroying aphids?
43200Have you seen the red- head this spring?
43200Have you seen the sapsucker at work?
43200He does harm by boring holes in trees, but how much?
43200He had one:"How far is it from Heuvelton to Ogdensburg?"
43200Hen?
43200Hornets''nests?
43200How are its feet adapted to its way of running or walking?
43200How are its teeth adapted to its food?
43200How are the holes arranged; here and there on the trunk, or in rings around it?
43200How are the leaves arranged on the branch?
43200How are the leaves arranged on the twig?
43200How are the leaves shed?
43200How are the legs placed when a horse lies down?
43200How are the nests provisioned, and for what purpose were they made?
43200How are the new broods started in the spring?
43200How are they dispersed and planted?
43200How are they made?
43200How are they made?
43200How can the caterpillars be destroyed?
43200How can you tell the difference between a flicker and a meadow lark during flight?
43200How cold does the thermometer tell you it is?
43200How deep in the ground?
43200How deep is the oriole''s nest which you find?
43200How deep must the spiles be driven successfully to draw off the sap?
43200How did the plant come to grow there,--sown, or run wild?
43200How did the sky look before it began to snow?
43200How did the spider cross the gulf?
43200How did they come to be officers?
43200How did they get their food, and how did they escape from their enemies?
43200How do a hen''s feathers differ from a duck''s?
43200How do chickens hunt,--in flocks or alone?
43200How do clover roots protect the land from the effects of heavy rains?
43200How do gooseberry bushes differ from currant bushes, and raspberries from blackberries?
43200How do the buds burst?
43200How do the clouds appear before a snow storm?
43200How do the clover plants conserve the moisture in the soil?
43200How do the feathers of ducks, geese, turkeys and fowls differ?
43200How do the habits of the stems of white clover differ from those of other clovers?
43200How do the leaves look when they first appear above the ground?
43200How do the main branches compare in size with the trunk?
43200How do the plants which come from beet roots differ from those which come from the seed?
43200How do the roots look?
43200How do these eggs differ in color from the eggs of ducks, geese, and hens?
43200How do they appear to radiate from the trunk?
43200How do they carry pollen?
43200How do they differ in size and color?
43200How do they differ?
43200How do they differ?
43200How do they escape their enemies?
43200How do they manage to keep in their cells?
43200How do you distinguish the red maple and the silver maple from the sugar maple?
43200How do you distinguish them?
43200How do you think this relation of ants to aphids affects agriculture?
43200How does Mother Nature manage the ventilation of her aquaria,--the ponds and streams?
43200How does a cow get up?
43200How does a crow hold on to a limb when asleep?
43200How does a horse get up,--front legs first or hind legs first?
43200How does a squirrel get at the meat of a hard- shelled nut like a black walnut, or a hickory nut?
43200How does each kind of insect reach the nectar?
43200How does he differ from the other horses shown in the Leaflet?
43200How does it differ from white wheat flour?
43200How does it fight, and what are its weapons?
43200How does it first come up?
43200How does it grow,--straight up or spreading out on the ground?
43200How does it manage its head to make its blows forceful?
43200How does it taste at this time?
43200How does it travel, slow or fast?
43200How does it travel?
43200How does it use its feet when resting on a tree trunk?
43200How does snow benefit the farmer and the fruit grower?
43200How does the ant approach the aphid and ask for honeydew?
43200How does the bark differ between elms and maples, oaks and chestnuts, birches and beeches, hickories and walnuts?
43200How does the bark on the trunk differ from that on the branches?
43200How does the bark on the trunk of a maple tree differ from that on the trunk of a soft maple or an elm?
43200How does the downy travel down a tree; does it go head- first?
43200How does the downy use its tail in going up and down the tree trunk?
43200How does the farmer make his money from fowls( that is, what kind of products does he sell)?
43200How does the hepatica prepare for the winter and store up energy for blossoming early in the spring?
43200How does the leaf look when it first comes up?
43200How does the maple tree look in winter?
43200How does the nuthatch help the farmer and fruit grower?
43200How does the root branch?
43200How does the sugar come to be in the sap?
43200How does this conservation of moisture aid the farmer and orchardist?
43200How does this happen?
43200How does this structure keep the long leaf from being torn to pieces by the wind?
43200How early can you find the ear?
43200How early do you find blossom buds down in the center of the plant?
43200How far are the leaves developed when the flowers appear?
43200How far do they extend into the ground?
43200How far does the trunk extend before dividing?
43200How has it come to be there?
43200How has its shadow affected the plants beneath it?
43200How has the hard rock been changed to loose soil?
43200How have the prevailing winds affected its shape?
43200How high is your tree?
43200How important is the potato crop in the State and nation?
43200How is an apple tree made?
43200How is it made?
43200How is the corn cut?
43200How is the nest fastened to the twigs?
43200How is the snow held on the different kinds of evergreens-- as the pines, spruces, arbor- vità ¦?
43200How is the stalk modified to fit the ear?
43200How large an area of shade does it produce?
43200How large?
43200How long did you watch her before you found the nest?
43200How long do the young birds remain in the nest?
43200How long do they hold office?
43200How long do you think the leaves of hepatica remain on the plant?
43200How long does the mother bird sit?
43200How long is it after hatching before the caterpillars commence to make their tent?
43200How long is the longest toe, including the claw?
43200How many blossoms?
43200How many bushels of shelled corn are usually produced on an acre of well cultivated land?
43200How many can it express by action?
43200How many cells are there in it?
43200How many clusters are there?_] Beneath the three dead apples, is still another dead one.
43200How many colors do you find in one twig?
43200How many colors does he wear?
43200How many dandelions can you count as you stand on the school- ground?
43200How many different kinds can you find?
43200How many different parts can you see in it?
43200How many different tints can you find in a single leaf?
43200How many distinct colors do you find?
43200How many do you find?
43200How many ears do you find on a stalk?
43200How many ears of corn are there usually on a mature stalk?
43200How many eggs does it lay?
43200How many emotions can it express by sound?
43200How many emotions does the squirrel express with his voice?
43200How many flowerets do you find in a head of red clover?
43200How many foods do you know made from the grain of the corn?
43200How many kinds of ants do you know?
43200How many kinds of apples do you know?_][ Illustration:_ Fig.
43200How many kinds of birds do you know?
43200How many kinds of corn do you know?
43200How many layers of paper are there in it?
43200How many leaves are there?
43200How many leaves come up at one time?
43200How many leaves has Jack- in- the- pulpit?
43200How many letters do you think he will get from such persons?
43200How many of each?
43200How many of the true clovers, the medics, and the sweet clovers do you know?
43200How many parts has it?
43200How many parts or compartments are there in the core?
43200How many points do they have?
43200How many products do you know made from stalks of the corn?
43200How many seeds are there in each part?
43200How many seeds are there?
43200How many species of maple trees do you know and what are they?
43200How many stalks come from one root?
43200How many tints and shades of these colors?
43200How many trees can you find that have holes bored by the sapsucker?
43200How many unlike marks or characters can you find in chickens or ducks?
43200How many varieties of fowls can you name?
43200How may the tents be destroyed?
43200How might it damage the plant if the water should get in between the leaf and stem?
43200How much can you find out about the way in which the yellow head is made up?
43200How much does it eat?
43200How much enlarged?_] I am very fond of children''s letters.
43200How much in diameter at the base?
43200How much of the apple is occupied by the core?
43200How much of the oat grain is contained in oat meal?
43200How numerous?
43200How old do you think the tree is?
43200How old is the corn when the blossom stalks begin to show above the leaves?
43200How soon do the leaves appear?
43200How soon does the root appear?
43200How tall is it above ground?
43200How to water the plants._--I wonder if you have a watering- pot?
43200How was it fastened to the branch?
43200How was it held in place?
43200How would you spell its note?
43200How?
43200How?
43200How?
43200How?
43200I am often asked,"How frequently shall I water plants?"
43200I am wondering, therefore, whether, when trees fail to bear, it is not quite as often the fault of the farmer as it is of the trees?
43200I wonder whether this is true?
43200I wonder whether you can tell me why the young wasps do not fall out?
43200I wonder which is correct?
43200If I were to ask you to find a deserted chickadee''s nest, where would you look?
43200If a rectangular water- tight box is out of the question, what is the next best thing?
43200If a tree has a tendency to grow crooked, how should one prune to correct the habit?
43200If not, what should be done to remedy it?
43200If not, when do they come?
43200If not, why?
43200If so, at what time of day do they fly?
43200If so, can they get out?
43200If so, did the holes girdle the tree?
43200If so, did the snow change in any way?
43200If so, did you note when and why they were produced?
43200If so, did you sow the seed?
43200If so, does color seem to have anything to do with it?
43200If so, how did he do it?"
43200If so, how did they behave?
43200If so, how did they do it?
43200If so, how do they do it?
43200If so, how does it look?
43200If so, how?
43200If so, in what way does she differ from him in color or marking?
43200If so, where?
43200If so, where?
43200If so, why?
43200If so, why?
43200If the eggs hatch before the leaves appear, upon what do the caterpillars feed?
43200If the lower branches of a tree are not removed, what is the effect on the shape of the tree?
43200If the neck and head were large, would it help or hinder the trotter?
43200If the sun is shining they probably dry quickly; but will they not dry even if the sun is not shining?
43200If the tent is destroyed in the early morning or late afternoon or on a cold, dark day, what would happen?
43200If the trees were sprayed with Paris green in the early spring, what would happen?
43200If these long narrow leaves were not strong what would happen to them as they wave back and forth in the wind?
43200If we abused our cows and horses, as we sometimes abuse our shade trees, what would become of the animals?
43200If we should destroy the tents in the middle of a warm, sunny day, what would happen?
43200If you find them doing harm on your farm will you not compare it with the good they do?
43200If you keep an especially sharp lookout, do you think you will see the tail drop off?
43200In August?
43200In cracks in bark?
43200In gate posts?
43200In how many different colors do you find hepaticas?
43200In studying any flower fertilized by insects always ask: Where is the nectary?
43200In summer, what is the color of the red squirrel on the upper parts?
43200In the young ear does each thread of silk extend out to the end of the ear; if so why?
43200In what direction did the old weather- cock tell you the wind was blowing as the storm came on?
43200In what direction do the ribs extend?
43200In what direction does the ground slope?
43200In what direction does the little root grow?
43200In what direction is the wind?
43200In what kind of soil does it grow?
43200In what situations are the hepaticas found?
43200In what situations have you found ant- nests?
43200In what ways do they differ?
43200In which way would it be stronger?
43200Interior arrangement of white- faced hornet''s nest._] How many stories high is the nest?
43200Is a student studying cattle?
43200Is corn bran considered good food?
43200Is he really red?
43200Is his entire coat of one color?
43200Is it a wonder, then, that of all the multitudes of tadpoles so few grow up to be large toads?
43200Is it by smell, or sight, or feeling, or hearing?
43200Is it colder or warmer after a snow storm has passed than it was before it began?
43200Is it correct to suppose that"anybody"can prune a tree?
43200Is it enlarged?_][ Illustration:_ Fig.
43200Is it made as a protection for the insects while they are eating, or do they go out to feed and come back only to rest and spend the night or day?
43200Is it made by the insect for itself to live in, or is it made by the mother for the protection of her young?
43200Is it made of other material beside silk?
43200Is it not as well guarded when the wasps are at home as if an army of soldiers stood outside?
43200Is it not associated with the increase in diameter of the trunk?
43200Is it not several stories high?
43200Is it pleasant to the taste?
43200Is it short or long?
43200Is it sometimes short, sometimes long?
43200Is it stony?
43200Is it tall for its greatest width?
43200Is it tall or short?
43200Is it true?
43200Is not this a better way to get rid of a tail than to cut it off?
43200Is not this something like the belief that the little toads rain down from the clouds because they are most commonly seen after a shower?
43200Is not this something like the other life- histories?
43200Is that good reasoning?
43200Is that true?
43200Is the air clear, crisp, and cold-- the kind you like to be out in?
43200Is the arrangement of the toes the same?
43200Is the corn crop in your vicinity good this year?
43200Is the drift deepest close to buildings or a little way from them?
43200Is the fence in good repair?
43200Is the lateral line straight or curved?
43200Is the old gander as cross as the turkey gobbler?
43200Is the pupa free from it?
43200Is the sap of which we make sugar going up or down?
43200Is the slope natural, or was it made by grading?
43200Is the soil poor or rich, and why do you think so?
43200Is the stem hollow or solid?
43200Is the sun shining, or is the sky overcast?
43200Is the taste sweet?
43200Is the tongue of a goose similar to that of a turkey or chicken?
43200Is the track ever longer than the toe itself?
43200Is the tree tapped on all sides?
43200Is their touch soft or do they hurt as they fall?
43200Is there a crow dormitory in your vicinity?
43200Is there a little soft light colored spot in the centre?
43200Is there a thread of silk for each kernel in the ear?
43200Is there always a bud in the axil where the leaf stalk joins the twig?
43200Is there any connection between the blossom end and the core?
43200Is there any reason why the one should be better fitted to endure cold and storms than the other?
43200Is there more than one brood in a season?
43200Is there more than one color of turkey?
43200Is there much difference in color between the egg- mass and the branch?
43200Is there, then, to be no choice of subjects?
43200Is this little fellow as good a drummer as his relatives?
43200Is this not the plant''s way of providing for the second half of its life, after a long resting period in the"beet"stage?
43200Is this the way the plant protects itself by retaining this moisture during a dry time?
43200It is moving downward away from its original resting place; and what is the result?
43200MY DEAR NEPHEWS AND NIECES:[ Illustration] Would you like to have a garden this summer-- a garden all your very own?
43200Notice the woolly growth on the root?
43200Now I am sure our boys and girls will ask,"Is this story true?"
43200Now, why is the College of Agriculture at Cornell University interesting itself in this work?
43200Of alsike?
43200Of how many kinds of silk?
43200Of insufficient pruning?
43200Of what is it made?
43200Of what is the tent made?
43200Of what use do you think they are to the corn stalk?
43200Of what utility are the seals?
43200Of what utility are these to the plant?
43200Of what utility to the plant is the fleshy root of beet, turnip, or carrot?
43200Of what?
43200Of white clover?
43200On how many are they alternate?
43200On how many twigs are the buds opposite each other?
43200On such evidence as this would not an unprejudiced jury acquit the crow?
43200On what part of the roots?
43200On what plants were they feeding?
43200On which one do you find a hairy tuft on the breast?
43200On which side of the leg,--front or back-- are the scales the larger?
43200One of the first questions asked of the returning animals in early spring is,"How have you spent the winter?"
43200One of the most picturesque objects in the winter landscape._] How shall one increase his love of trees?
43200One- half natural size._] Why do we graft?
43200Or are they closely attached to the side of a branch?
43200Or do lefts and rights move together?
43200Or do they gradually become lifeless and fall at any season, from the force of the wind and other natural forces?
43200Or does he have a different note for summer?
43200Or is he merely making motions?
43200Or is it a keen cold that makes you long for the fire- place?
43200Or on underground stems?
43200Out of which end do you think the moth will come?
43200Painted?
43200Perhaps you will ask,"What is a draft horse?"
43200Read this Bulletin and answer these questions: Does the sapsucker do more harm than good?
43200Robin?
43200School premises after improving.__ Could you not do as much for your school grounds?_] LEAFLET LXXVI.
43200Some hold it, others cast it off: why?
43200Straightness or crookedness of branches?
43200Such a tree may produce as large a number of apples as a well- pruned, open- headed tree, but will there be the same percentage of merchantable fruit?
43200Such questions as these may be asked concerning each: What is the characteristic form of the animal?
43200Swallow?
43200The bud tied._] How is a peach tree made?
43200The first time I ever saw a flicker I said,"What a wonderful meadow lark, and what is it doing on that ant hill?"
43200The growing polliwog feeds on vegetable diet; what does the full grown frog eat?
43200The injury done to the trees is bad enough; but does not such heedless treatment of living things also have a baneful influence on the mutilator?
43200The insect work may be limited to: What insects visit flowers?
43200The kettle was filled with water, but it has all boiled away; and where has it gone?
43200The leaves,--simple or compound?
43200The leaves?
43200The plank should be painted; can you tell why?
43200The questions to be asked concerning insect homes are: Of what material are they made?
43200The questions were answered quickly:"How far is it from Rome to Corinth?"
43200The stem?
43200The teacher, therefore, should ask the young collector,"Where did you catch this butterfly?"
43200The white clover blossoms?
43200Then have the children observe the following things: How do the caterpillars begin their cocoons?
43200Therefore, when the tents appear on wild cherry trees have we any right to destroy them?
43200Through how many changes of form does it pass?
43200Total length of fence?
43200Try to get the pupils to discover for themselves answers to the following questions: How and where do they travel?
43200Turkey?
43200Under a bit of raised bark?
43200Under what conditions have you found alfalfa growing?
43200Upon what do they feed?
43200WHAT IS AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION?
43200WHAT IS NATURE- STUDY?
43200Was it built on the horizontal crotch of the branch, or on an upright crotch?
43200Was it ever shaded on either side; if so, what was the effect?
43200Was it on the big end or the little end?
43200Was not that a brave thing to do?
43200Was not this a good record for a little girl to make?
43200Was subsoil spread on the surface when the grounds were graded?
43200Was the tree injured by storm or insects during the past season; if so, how?
43200Was there an air space?
43200Were the holes round or square?
43200Were they in protected places?
43200Were they planted, or did they come up of themselves?
43200Were you interested in these social wasps?
43200What Is Agricultural Education?
43200What advantage is this to the plant?
43200What affected it, beneficially or otherwise?
43200What agency carries the pollen grains to the ear?
43200What animals, birds, and insects are to be seen in the woods during sugar- making time?
43200What are shorts, middlings, or canaille?
43200What are some of the bad results of over- pruning?
43200What are the colors and markings on the eggs?
43200What are the colors of the aphids you have observed?
43200What are the colors of the"pulpits"in your locality?
43200What are the conditions of the wind and temperature when the snow crystals are most perfect in form?
43200What are the conditions of weather which cause a blizzard?
43200What are the differences between the male and female flicker?
43200What are the differences in the winter and summer habits of the chickadee?
43200What are the duties of each?
43200What are the flowers like?
43200What are the leaves like?
43200What are the turkey''s wattles?
43200What are these buds of the tip shoot preparing to do in 1897?
43200What are these conditions when the snow crystals appear sharp and needle- like?
43200What are these conditions when the snow crystals are matted together in great flakes?
43200What are they fed?
43200What are they?
43200What becomes of the hepatica plant after it blossoms?
43200What becomes of the large pebbles which have been swept down?
43200What becomes of the old beet as the plant grows larger and stronger?
43200What birds visit the place?
43200What birds''nests do you find( these may be found in winter)?
43200What can be done to improve the soil?
43200What can you find out about this?
43200What can you tell me about the song of robin?
43200What care do you give it?
43200What causes snow?
43200What characteristics have crows and chickens in common?
43200What color are the eggs?
43200What color are they in June?
43200What color are they?
43200What color are they?
43200What conditions of temperature and moisture do you find most beneficial to its growth?
43200What did you see?
43200What do ducks eat?
43200What do they do in winter?
43200What do they eat?
43200What do you infer from this?
43200What do you know about it?
43200What do you see in the blossom end of the apple?
43200What do you see in the opposite end?
43200What do you suppose makes these rings?
43200What do you suppose they told me?
43200What do you think he is finding to eat?
43200What do you think interested the crows in the snow- covered field?
43200What do you think is the cause of them?
43200What do you think it was she had raised?
43200What do you think of the head and neck of the Arabian horse( Fig-378)?
43200What do you think she was trying to catch?
43200What do you think would be the best ground cover, and why?
43200What do you think you would find there?
43200What does a driver mean when he says that a horse"forges"or"over- reaches?"
43200What does a red squirrel eat?
43200What does it eat?
43200What does the bird eat?
43200What evidence have you of their sagacity, fearlessness, cunning or greed?
43200What follows when the forces of plant growth begin?
43200What food have you seen crows eating?
43200What food have you seen it eat?
43200What foot moves next?
43200What for?
43200What happens to the house- fly in winter?
43200What happens to the outer coat of the seed?
43200What happens to them in winter?
43200What has happened to the flowerets that are bent downward around the stalk?
43200What has this texture to do with causing the kernel to"pop?"
43200What insects do you find visiting the flowers studied?
43200What insects do you find visiting the red clover blossoms?
43200What is Nature- Study?
43200What is a cotyledon?
43200What is a cover- crop, and what are its uses?
43200What is a good feed for a day,--how much of each thing, and when given?
43200What is bran?
43200What is corn meal?
43200What is cracked wheat?
43200What is germ meal?
43200What is gluten meal?
43200What is graham flour?
43200What is it for?
43200What is it made of?
43200What is it?
43200What is its chief use to man?
43200What is its clothing?
43200What is its food?
43200What is its size and shape?
43200What is its structure?
43200What is sleet?
43200What is the chief food of the chickadee?
43200What is the color along the side where the two colors join?
43200What is the color of the caterpillars when they are a week old?
43200What is the color of the egg- mass?
43200What is the color of the eggs?
43200What is the color of the red squirrel?
43200What is the color of the tree this autumn?
43200What is the color?
43200What is the corn crop of New York State worth in dollars a year?
43200What is the cover of their bodies called?
43200What is the difference between hoar frost and snow?
43200What is the difference between the outer and the inner husks?
43200What is the difference in appearance between the male and female downy?
43200What is the difference in structure between a snowflake and a hail stone?
43200What is the direction of the wind before the storm?
43200What is the meaning of this?
43200What is the natural length of life of an individual beet plant?
43200What is the nature of the tip of the leaf and how does it compare with the pines and spruces in this respect?
43200What is the purpose of the home?
43200What is the purpose of this?
43200What is the reason for a winged form of ants?
43200What is the shape of the chickadee''s beak and for what is it adapted?
43200What is the shape of the egg- mass?
43200What is the shape of the one tree you have chosen to study?
43200What is the shape of the root?
43200What is the shape of the root?
43200What is the structure of the leaf and direction of the ribs?
43200What is the temperature of the air before the storm?
43200What is the use of the skeleton of the leaf?
43200What is their general direction?
43200What is there in its shape to tell you of its history,_ i.e._, did it grow in the open or in the forest?
43200What is there in the soil that is so necessary to the success of plant life?
43200What is this soil that the plants need so much?
43200What is whole wheat flour?
43200What is your opinion as to the shearing of evergreens into fantastic shapes?
43200What kind of a bill has he?
43200What kind of bulbs shall we put into these beds?
43200What kind of fence?
43200What kind of food do hens like best?
43200What kind of hens are these?_] Have you ever seen ducks, geese, hens, and turkeys standing on the snow or ice?
43200What kind of hens are these?_] Have you ever seen ducks, geese, hens, and turkeys standing on the snow or ice?
43200What kind of perch do they choose, a wide one or a narrow one?
43200What kind of tracks does the red squirrel make in the snow?
43200What kind of wood?
43200What kinds of poultry change their color when their feathers grow?
43200What leads you to think them related?
43200What leaf is this?
43200What makes them look so different: size, shape, color, arrangement of buds, the size or shape of the buds?
43200What methods does the U. S. Department of Agriculture employ to inoculate the soil with bacteria so that alfalfa may grow?
43200What must happen before the food can be used by the little plant?
43200What other plants are related to it?
43200What other trees besides the sugar maple give sweet sap?
43200What other winter birds have you seen this year?
43200What part of the corn kernel is hominy?
43200What part of the plant is it?
43200What part of the plant is their food, and how do they get it?
43200What part of the twig grew last year?
43200What path must the insect follow in order to get the nectar?
43200What plant are you making this special study of this month?
43200What plants do they visit?
43200What relation, in position, do the tuber- bearing branches bear to other parts of the underground system?
43200What repairs does it need?
43200What shall be planted?
43200What significance have the spots?_][ Illustration:_ Fig.
43200What sort of flower?
43200What sort of fruit or seed?
43200What sort of leaf has it?
43200What sort of life did its wild ancestors live?
43200What sort of mouth parts have the aphids?
43200What sort of tracks does it make, and why?
43200What special benefit to us is the red- head?
43200What time of day do the wild geese fly?
43200What views do you get from the school grounds?
43200What was it doing when you found it?
43200What weeds remain in the lawn?
43200What will come out of these eggs when they hatch?
43200What work for the tree do the trunk and branches perform?
43200What would be the effect of rolling together stones of such varying hardness?
43200What would happen to a field of corn if the farmer cut off all the tassels as soon as they were formed?
43200What, now, becomes of the little branches lower down?
43200When a horse starts, after standing, what foot does he put forward first,--the left or the right?
43200When a horse trots, do the two feet on one side move together?
43200When did the leaves begin to fall?
43200When did you first see one of the cicadas?
43200When do the flowers come and how do they look?
43200When do they leave?
43200When does he prune to increase the production of fruit?
43200When is the best time to prune shade trees?
43200When is the nesting season?
43200When is this root made use of by the plant?
43200When may we expect the plant to produce seeds of its own, thus multiplying according to its nature?
43200When on a tree, how far from their tent do they go for food?
43200When the"plant"or top has grown quite large, how does the old beet look?
43200When to increase the growth of the woody part of the tree?
43200When was it put up?
43200When was the school house built?
43200When you find two or more buds growing together on a stem, is there any difference in the size of the buds?
43200When?
43200Where and how do they carry their food?
43200Where are the cocoons made?
43200Where are they going?
43200Where are they highest?
43200Where are they then?
43200Where are they?
43200Where did it come from and whither did it go?
43200Where did she go?
43200Where did the water come from and where has it gone?
43200Where did this mud come from?
43200Where did you find it?
43200Where did you find the most of the cast- off nymph skins?
43200Where did you find the nest?
43200Where did you find the nest?
43200Where do hepaticas grow, in sunny or shady places?
43200Where do the bases of the leaves clasp the stalks?
43200Where do the birds go after breeding?
43200Where do these birds build their nests and of what material?
43200Where do they prefer to grow,--on the hillsides, along the roadsides, in the marshes, or in your garden?
43200Where do you find the Jack- in- the- pulpit?
43200Where do you find the smallest?
43200Where do you find this plant, in dry or in wet locations?
43200Where does a catbird build its nest?
43200Where does downy make his nest?
43200Where does it build its nest?
43200Where does it grow?
43200Where does the flicker build its nest?
43200Where does the leaf clasp the stalk?
43200Where does the silk come from, of which the tent is made?
43200Where does the stalk break most easily?
43200Where does this moisture go to?
43200Where have you seen them?
43200Where in relation to the nectary are the stigma and the anthers?
43200Where is Shetland?
43200Where is an insect''s skeleton?
43200Where is its nest?
43200Where is red- head''s nest?
43200Where is the hock joint?
43200Where is the horse''s knee joint?
43200Where is the tent always formed?
43200Where, if not from the soil through roots, does the food come from which nourishes those thick- ribbed leaves?
43200Where, then, shall the student go to see his model barn?
43200Where?
43200Where?
43200Wherein does it differ from the others?
43200Which appears first, root parts or leaf?
43200Which do you think is the more beautiful?
43200Which flowerets open first in a head of red clover?
43200Which grow faster, little chickens or little ducks?
43200Which insects are robbers, and which are true pollen carriers?
43200Which is the larger, the Shetland pony or the Welsh pony?
43200Which is the most useful of our woodpeckers?
43200Which of the above are considered the more nutritious and why?
43200Which of the two boys gave the better tillage to the soil?
43200Which of these are"resting"stages?
43200Which one would you prefer if the baby were left out?
43200Which roams farther from home, turkeys or chickens?
43200Which seemed to enjoy it?
43200Which seems to be the more careful pruner?
43200Which toe is this?
43200Which twigs bear the buds singly?
43200Which way are they going in the fall?
43200Which way do the seeds point?
43200Which way does it bend?
43200Which way does the knee bend?
43200Who built it?
43200Who did the work, nature or a man with a saw?
43200Who feeds them?
43200Who has been there, tearing and wrenching at the big limbs, twisting the small branches until the ground is strewn with wreckage?
43200Who is he?
43200Who owns the shade trees along a street or public highway?
43200Who will succeed in getting the eggs, an aphis- lion, a cocoon, or a lace- winged fly?
43200Why are certain kinds of trees called evergreen in distinction from those which are said to be deciduous?
43200Why are horses so small in the country where this little fellow came from?
43200Why are pumpkins planted among corn?
43200Why are their heads so large?
43200Why are these little creatures first rate farm hands?
43200Why can not the teacher suggest this idea to the pupils?
43200Why can not you make sugar in the summer?
43200Why did he do it?
43200Why do farmers sow red clover with grass seed?
43200Why do hens differ in this respect from the turkeys?
43200Why do they cover the eggs when they leave the nest?
43200Why do they like rail fences?
43200Why do they look so disconsolate?
43200Why do you think so?
43200Why does a covering of snow prevent the ground from freezing so severely as it would if bare?
43200Why does he do that: is it for convenience in eating or is it an attempt to store up some of his dinner for future need?
43200Why does it seem less common in summer than in winter?
43200Why does it shine?
43200Why does not Paris green applied to the leaves on which aphids are feeding kill them?
43200Why does pinching off the terminal bud of a geranium produce a more bushy plant?
43200Why does pop- corn pop?
43200Why does the bark separate in ridges or peel off in strips?
43200Why does the farm boy make his way when he goes to the city?
43200Why does the sap flow more freely on warm days after cold nights?
43200Why does the snow pile up in some places and not in others?
43200Why is corn fattening to cattle?
43200Why is it better to prune a little every year than a great deal once in five years?
43200Why is it of special value to the farmer?
43200Why is it placed in opposite direction to the others?
43200Why is snow a bad conductor of heat?
43200Why is the sugar made during the"first run"better than that which is made later?
43200Why is this so?
43200Why is white clover so desirable for lawns?
43200Why not have some on the school grounds?
43200Why not make for your school room some decorations from ears of corn?
43200Why not?
43200Why should a duck or goose be able to swim in ice water without apparently suffering from cold?
43200Why should the young ones of a pretty moth be little black caterpillars?
43200Why was there no terminal shoot growing in 1895?
43200Why was varnish put around the eggs?
43200Why, then, should so many brookside willows thrust these cones in our faces?
43200Why?
43200Why?
43200Why?
43200Why?
43200Why?
43200Why?
43200Why?
43200Why?
43200Why?_] Over and over, these apples in the cellar have been sorted, until only the good ones are supposed to remain.
43200Will not the teacher suggest to the children that they make an alfalfa bed along one side of the school grounds?
43200Will the most conceited toad in the terrarium ever dare to raise his voice in song again after hearing it?
43200Will they have an opportunity to study turkeys?
43200Will you find out what hepaticas have to tell as the seasons pass?
43200Will you write me a letter telling me what became of it?
43200With what?
43200Would a tree be able to hold so many branches?
43200Would it not be a great experience to make up a party and visit the place from which they come?
43200Would you not go miles to see such a sight?
43200Would you prune an elm tree just as you would an apple tree?
43200Would you suppose from the kind of food ducks eat that they need a crop and a gizzard?
43200Would you tap a tree directly above or at the same spot tapped last year; or would you place two spiles one above the other?
43200Yet, as a matter of fact, what do our rural schools teach?
43200You ask,"What''s the use?"
43200You know what these strings are: but do you know how robin finds them?
43200You like it, do you?
43200You will not let the artificial pond at the school- house dry up, will you?
43200[ Illustration:_ What?_] LEAFLET LXIX.
43200[ Illustration] What wader, be he boy or water- fowl, has not watched the water- insects?
43200_ Buildings._--How many buildings are on the grounds, including sheds, etc.?
43200_ Contour._--Is the area level, or rough, or sloping?
43200_ Fences._--What parts of the area are fenced?
43200_ Flag pole._--Where is your flag pole?
43200_ Ground cover._--What is on the ground-- sod or weeds, or is it bare?
43200_ History._--When was the land set aside for a school?
43200_ My Dear Boys and Girls:_ Do you know much about the alfalfa plant?
43200_ Soil._--What is the nature of the soil-- clay, sand, gravel, field loam?
43200_ Summary of objects and methods._--The questions to be answered during the whole year''s work are: How do the Insects live,--on what do they feed?
43200_ Tenants._--What animals live or have lived on the school premises?
43200_ Trees and bushes._--How many trees and bushes are there on the ground?
43200a rabbit?
43200a snow bird?
43200a squirrel?
43200an old crow?
43200e._, does it extend from the head to the caudal fin without a single break?
43200the gray kitten?