. Annual report of the New York State College of Agriculture at Cornell University and the Agricultural Experiment Station. New York State College of Agriculture; Cornell University. Agricultural Experiment Station; Agriculture -- New York (State). Rural School Leaflet. 875 Observations by the pupils.— 1. Why are the legs of the dog long and strong in proportion to the body rather than those of the cat? 2. Compare the feet of the cat with the dog and note which has the heavier pads. Why is this so? 3. Which has the stronger and heavier claws the dog or the cat? Can the dog retract his claws so
. Annual report of the New York State College of Agriculture at Cornell University and the Agricultural Experiment Station. New York State College of Agriculture; Cornell University. Agricultural Experiment Station; Agriculture -- New York (State). Rural School Leaflet. 875 Observations by the pupils.— 1. Why are the legs of the dog long and strong in proportion to the body rather than those of the cat? 2. Compare the feet of the cat with the dog and note which has the heavier pads. Why is this so? 3. Which has the stronger and heavier claws the dog or the cat? Can the dog retract his claws so that they are not visible, as does the cat? Of what use is this arrangement to the dog? Are the front feet just like the back feet? How many toe impressions show in the track of the dog? 4. What is the general characteristic of the body of the dog? Is it soft, like that of the cat, or lean and muscular? What is the diflference. covermg between the hair dog and cat? tude of the dog fast? How many the dog? 5. In general, of the dog differ cat? Does the upon its eyes for as does the the dark' What your dog's eyes' 6. Study the car covered? Is this able? Is it a flap shaped? How is when the dog is a sheet of paper into a daring tube and place the small end upon your own ear and see if it helps you to hear better the sounds in the direction toward which the tube opens. Note how the hound lifts his long ear- laps, so as to make a tube for conveying sounds to his inner ear. Do you think that dogs can hear well? 7. What is the position of the nose in the dog's face? Of what use is this? Describe the nostrils; are they placed on the foremost point of the nose? Are they flaring? What is the condition of the skin that surrounds them? How does this soft moist condition of the nose aid the dog? What other animals have it? Does the dog recognize his friends or become acquainted with strangers by means of his sight or his powers of smelling? 8. How long after a fox or rabbit has pass
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