5. Object-lessons for Country Schools.

(a.)

The farmyard. Its buildings and their contents-Animals kept on a farm and their uses. Necessity of cleanliness, kindness, and suitable food.

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The dairy and its contents. Butter-and cheese-making.

Bees. Bee-keeping.

Spring, Spring flowers. Work in the fields in spring. The cuckoo and swallow. Record date of arrival.

Summer, Different kinds of leaves and fruit. Work in the fields it summer.

Autumn. Work in the fields.

A mill and the work of a miller.

Winter. Frost, Ice. Snow.

Birds. Singing-birds, as the thrush and nightingale. Birds of prey, as the hawk. Swimming-and wading-birds, as the duck and heron.

Wild animals. The fox, hare, and rabbit.

Minerals, A mine. Three useful minerals.

The lessons on the seasons should correspond with the actual seasons of the year, and the different operations explained should be taken white each is in progress.

Leaves of trees may be dried by simply placing them between sheets of paper and pressing them. Their shapes may be used for the chitaren to draw round on paper, which can afterwards he pricked and then sewn round.