Coburn's Manual; a Complete Guide to the Farmers' Cyclopedia
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I, pp. 630-648) and then to the lesser wild creatures of the countryside — Bats (Vol. I, p. 652), Gophers (page 675), Rabbits (page 667), Prairie Dogs (page 673), Toads (Vol. I, p. 651; Vol. II, p. 582), Foxes (Vol. I, p. 653), and all the rest. LEARNING BY DOING — AND OWNING Long before this, presumably, our boys and girls will have be- come acquainted with the larger animals, but it is not fair that they should always have to study someone's else horse or calf or lamb, any more than that a co...rn club boy should be expected to learn how to raise corn from the plantings of others. Let them have an actual, tangible interest and stimulus, therefore, in the ownership of some- thing alive — a pig, a calf, a colt, lamb, some hens, or turkeys, or a dog — whatever they seem instinctively to turn to. Let this be a permanent gift, not a loan; let the boy dispose of his pig when it is fat, and the girl her eggs or day-old chicks, and let them keep what these bring, whether it be bitter experience that will lead to more careful work next time or cash.
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