. The natural history of the farm; a guide to the practical study of the sources of our living in wild nature. Natural history. MOTHER EARTH 13 times are an utter abomination. Clothing suited to the weather will have very much to do with your enjoyment of it and with the efficiency of your work. 3. As to tools: A pocket lens and a pocket knife you should own, and have always with you. A rule for linear measurements is printed herewith (fig. i). Farm tools, fur- nished for common use, will supply all other needs. 4. As to the use of the blanks provided: Blanks, such as appear in the studies out
. The natural history of the farm; a guide to the practical study of the sources of our living in wild nature. Natural history. MOTHER EARTH 13 times are an utter abomination. Clothing suited to the weather will have very much to do with your enjoyment of it and with the efficiency of your work. 3. As to tools: A pocket lens and a pocket knife you should own, and have always with you. A rule for linear measurements is printed herewith (fig. i). Farm tools, fur- nished for common use, will supply all other needs. 4. As to the use of the blanks provided: Blanks, such as appear in the studies outlined on subsequent pages, are provided for use in this cotuse. Take rough copies of them with you for use in the field, where writing and sketch- ing in a notebook held in one's hand is difficult; then make permanent copies at home. When out in the rain, write with soft pencil and not with ink. 5. As to poison ivy (fig. 2): Unless you are immune, look out for it: a vine climbing by aerial roots on trees and fences, or creeping over the ground. Its compound leaves resemble fig. 2. Poison ivy. those of the woodbine, but there are five leaflets in the woodbine, and but three in poison ivy. Lead acetate (sugar of lead) is a specific antidote for the poison; a saturated solution in 50% alcohol should be kept available in the laboratory. It is rubbed on the affected parts—^not taken internally, for it also is a poison. If used as soon as infection is discoverable, little injury results to the skin of even those most sensitive to ivy poison. After lesions of the skin have occurred, through neglect to use it promptly, it is an tuisafe and ineffective remedy; a physician should then be consulted. 6. As to pockets: Some people don't have any. But •containers of some sort for the lesser things, such as twigs and. 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
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