. Annual report of the Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station, Ithaca, Cornell University. Agricultural Experiment Station; Agriculture -- New York (State). CORNELL R\iral School Leaflet SUPPLEMENT FOR THE CHILDERN Published monthly by the New York State Colege of Agriculture at Cornell University, from September to May and entered as second-class matter September 30,1907, at the Post Office at Ithaca, New York, under the Act of Congress of July 16, 1894. L. H. Bailey Director ALICE G. McCLOSKEY, Editor Professors G. F. WARREN and CHARLES H. TUCK, Advisers Vol. I. ITHACA, N. Y
. Annual report of the Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station, Ithaca, Cornell University. Agricultural Experiment Station; Agriculture -- New York (State). CORNELL R\iral School Leaflet SUPPLEMENT FOR THE CHILDERN Published monthly by the New York State Colege of Agriculture at Cornell University, from September to May and entered as second-class matter September 30,1907, at the Post Office at Ithaca, New York, under the Act of Congress of July 16, 1894. L. H. Bailey Director ALICE G. McCLOSKEY, Editor Professors G. F. WARREN and CHARLES H. TUCK, Advisers Vol. I. ITHACA, N. Y., NOVEMBER. 1907. No. 3 THE NATURE-STUDY CORNER. There are so many interesting things to be found out-of-doors in November for the nature- study corner, that it is difficult to select one sub- ject for special observation. When the leaves have fallen from the trees and wayside plants, many things are exposed to view that were hid- den ill the summer. Out-door folk have man\- enemies and so they try to hide their dwelling places and store-houses. In fall and winter, however, very strange homes are often exposed and naturalists make most interesting discoveries. As you walk along the road-sides you will probably notice what children call little "bunches'' on the golden-rod stems. We are often asked what there are, and why they are there. To the naturalist the- bunches are known as galls, and they are the homes of insects. You will be in- terested to learn something about the lives of the little creatures that live in them. There are two very noticeable galls on the golden-rod stems: one. elongated or spindle- shaped ; the other, round. In this lesson I shall speak of the spindle-shaped gall, for having learned the history of this one, you will probably be interested to find out the story of the other yourselves. Before you can understand the history of the little inhabitant of the golden-rod gall, you must know that there are four periods in the lives of many insects; that
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