ition of ground-hogs in late summer and in autumn?

What is the use of the great store of fat that they have in their
bodies?

Examine the snow near the burrows of ground-hogs and find whether they
ever come out in mid-winter.

_To the teacher._--The hibernating animals prepare a home or nest and
lay up a store of food in the form of fat within their bodies. To
hibernate does not mean the same as to sleep. The hibernating animals
have much less active organs than the sleeping animals. The heart-beat
and the respiratory movements are very slow and feeble, consequently a
very little nourishment suffices to sustain life.

SUMMARY OF LESSONS

(Two lessons of twenty minutes)

1. Some animals migrate:

Examples--many birds, butterflies, and some bats; the
cariboo, and buffalo.

2. Some animals hibernate:

Examples--bear, ground-hog, raccoon, frogs, toads, snakes,
and some bats.

NOTE.--Flies, mosquitoes, and some other insects crawl into
crevices and remain at rest during winter, but their bodies
are not stored with food.

3. Some animals build houses and store foods:

Examples--beaver, squirrel, chipmunk, honey-bee, deer-mouse.

4. Some animals build homes convenient to food:

Examples--musk-rat, field-mouse.

5. Some animals put on warmer clothing:

Examples--fox, mink, otter, rabbit, horse, cow, partridge,
chickadee. The rabbit and weasel turn white, a colour
protection.

6. Many insect larvae form cocoons or pupae cases:

Examples--emperor-moth, codling moth, tomato worm.

CORRELATIONS

With literature, reading, and language.

With geography: By a lesson on "The influence of climate upon animal and
plant life."

CHICKENS

(Consult _Principles and Practice of Poultry Culture_ by
Robinson. Ginn & Co., $2.00.)

CONVERSATION LESSON

How many of you keep chickens at your homes?

Why do many kinds of people keep chickens?

What breeds of chickens do you keep?

How many other breeds do you know?

Describe the appearance of a few of the commoner breeds.

Why are there so many different breeds?

Name those that are good laying breeds.

Name breeds that are not usually considered good laying breeds.

_To the teacher._--Chickens are kept by all classes of people. Many keep
them for the profit in eggs and meat, others keep them as a fad, and
others to gratify a craving for animal com