. 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). 836 Rural School Llaflet. THE HEN Anna Botsford Comstock. "A robin is a bird but a hen is a hen," was the assertion of some young pupils of the writer and it is safe to say that this is the idea held by many small children in the country. Notwithstanding this opinion, a hen is not only a bird but a fine representative of a very important o
. 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). 836 Rural School Llaflet. THE HEN Anna Botsford Comstock. "A robin is a bird but a hen is a hen," was the assertion of some young pupils of the writer and it is safe to say that this is the idea held by many small children in the country. Notwithstanding this opinion, a hen is not only a bird but a fine representative of a very important order of birds {Gallinae) which get their living like the farmer, direct from the soil. Although the hen has been domesticated for many centuries and many widely different breeds have been derived from her race, she has retained with wonderful persistence much of her pristine nature and habit. In a Nature-Study lesson we shall study a hen simply as a bird and by learning to understand her adaptations for the life of a scratching bird we shall be better able to understand the forms and habits of other birds. Lesson I Preliminary Work—There are two good ways of presenting this topic: First, if the pupils live in the country where they have chickens at home, the whole series of lessons may be best done through interest- ing talks on the part of the teacher, letting the children make their observations at home and report the results either in oral or written lessons. Second, if the pupils are not familiar with fowls, a hen and a chick if possible should be kept in a cage in the schoolroom for a few days. The crates in which the fowls are sent to market make very good. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original New York State College of Agriculture; Cornell University. Agricultural Experiment Station. [Itha
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