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vacation, etc., and maintain a record of the required care.3. Canariesa. Give the names of four varieties of canaries.b. Give a brief history of the origin and development of canaries.c. Name and distinguish five seeds used in canary feeding.d. Describe briefly the general care of canaries.4. Parakeets or love birdsa. To what country are parakeets, or love birds, native?b. Describe briefly their habits of feeding, nesting, and general behavior.5. Pigeonsa. Name and identify six varieties of pigeons.b. Describe their kind of food and general management.6. What are the laws in your state or country regarding the capture, breeding, saleand/or export of cage birds? Be sure you are abiding by them while fulfilling therequirements of this Honor.SEEDSRequirements:1. What is the main purpose of a seed?2. What foods were first given to man in the Garden of Eden?3. Identify from a seed or a drawing and know the purpose of each of these parts ofa seed: seed coat, cotyledon, and embryo.4. Know four different methods by which seeds are scattered by the plant. Namethree kinds of plants that scatter their seeds by each method.5. Know ten kinds of seeds that are used as sources of food.6. Know five kinds of seeds that are used as sources of oil.7. Know five kinds of seeds that are used for spices.8. What conditions are necessary for a seed to sprout?9. Make a collection of thirty different kinds of seeds, only ten of which may becollected from commercial seed packages. Label each kind with its name, thedate collected, locality where collected.ResourcesAdditional resource books may be obtained from established book shops or fromyour local library.Method of TestingExaminations for these honors may be available from your local Conference YouthDepartment. The exam is to be marked by the instructor who also signs the classcard and record book.If exams are available then used exam papers should be destroyed by the instructorand unused ones should be returned to the local Conference Youth Department. Ifno exams are available, the instructor may select the method of assuring eachparticipant knows the material.Upon completion of the examination, the society leader should write to the localConference Youth Department, sending a list of successful candidates' names andrequesting patches or tokens for the honor concerned. Honor tokens will only be