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Title: The world book; (electronic resource) organized knowledge in story and picture
Year: 1917 (1910s)
Authors: O'Shea, M. V. (Michael Vincent), 1866-1932, ed Foster, Ellsworth D., ed Locke, George Herbert, 1870-1937, ed
Subjects: Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Publisher: Chicago, New York (etc.) Hanson-Roach-Fowler Co.
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if it teach only that this snakeis a common and harmless little creature itwill be of value. The study of the one snakewill probably cure children of the unreasonablehorror of snakes which most people have andwhich children acquire naturally. After studyingthe garter snake they might proceed to thestudy of a turtle. A small turtle may be placedin the aquarium; there should be a stone pro-jecting out of the water for it to climb upon,or a pond might be made for it in the ter-rarium. The children should learn to knowthe most common species of turtles—the snap-ping turtle, the mud turtle, the pond turtle, thewood terrapin, the box turtle and the soft-shelled turtle. See Turtle. Mammal Study. This branch of study mightbegin in the winter with the rabbit, when thechildren will be able to find its tracks in thesnow. Its coat, which changes in color to fitthe season, its long ears, which give warningof approaching danger; its long legs, whichenable it to run so swiftly, should all be dis-
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FRIENDS IN SWAMPY PLACES NATURE STUDY 4088 NATURE STUDY cussed. Tame and wild rabbits may be com-pared. Perhaps there will be a chance to studya muskrat out-of-doors, and also mice and rats.The woodchuck will make an interesting seriesof lessons, and there is the squirrel, the chip-munk, and the little brown bat. Dogs andcats, goats and sheep, horses and cattle andpigs can be made the subject of endless les-sons. In studying the domestic animals theireconomic value should be emphasized. Insect Study. Insects are the most interest-ing, most numerous and the most available ofall living creatures for nature study. The chil-dren will be fascinated by studying insect eggsunder a microscope, for they are of widely dif-fering -forms and often of beautiful colors.From close observation of eggs they can followthe insect, just as they did the toad, through-out its life cycle. Caterpillars and moths andbutterflies, the codling moth which works suchhavoc to fruit trees, and other parasites on tre

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