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ls_. Of what use is each of the following animals when alive? Which are useful after they are killed? Of what use to man is each one? Horse Pig Chicken Cow Dog Duck Sheep Cat Pigeon. Read about how our meat is supplied to us. 2 Write a list of all the _wild animals_ you remember ever having seen. Where did you see them? How were they prevented from harming people? Where was the natural home of these animals? How did they get their food? How do they now get their food? [Illustration: RACCOON.] Some of these animals so closely resemble the domestic animals that they are said to belong to the same family. Read the names of the animals belonging to the same family and tell in what way they resemble each other. Tell which are domestic and which are wild. THE CAT FAMILY Cat Lion Tiger Leopard [Illustration: TIGER.] THE DOG FAMILY Dog Fox Wolf THE HORSE FAMILY Horse Zebra THE COW FAMILY Cow Buffalo Describe some of these wild animals: Elephant Fox Squirrel Wolf Bear Deer There are also many fish, birds and insects. Paste in your notebook any pictures of animals. 3 Take a trip to the Zoological Gardens and see these animals. [Illustration: LEOPARD.] 4 Which domestic or wild animals are useful to us in obtaining food, clothing and shelter? 5 PLANTS We cannot live without food, clothing and shelter. Let us see how plants help us to obtain these three great necessities. Write a list of all the plants that you can name. Draw a line under each that is useful for _food_. Draw two lines under each that is useful for _clothing_. Draw three lines under each that is useful in making or furnishing our _homes or shelter_. [Illustration: ELK.] Of what use are the plants that are not underlined? Are they beautiful? How dull the world would be without flowers! We have: 1. Food plants. 2. Clothing plants. 3. Shelter plants. 4. Ornamental plants. CHAPTER VIII TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATION 1 Think of the foods that you had on your dinner table yesterday. Where did each come from? How did it get here? Was there anything which came from our own neighborhood, and which did not have to take a long journey either to the factory where it was manufactured or to the store where it was sold? Examine the clothing you are wearing. Of what material is
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