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THE GUIDE TO NATURE 



Saving Millions. 



BY FREDERICK HAASE, KENILWORTH, IL- 

 LINOIS. 



The Searchlight of Truth Thrown on the 

 "High-Cost-of-Living" problem Reveals 

 Amazing Extravagance on the Part of 

 Those Who Are the Backbone of This 

 Nation. 



Every year the farmers and fruit 

 growers of this country spend millions 

 more of YOUR money than they ought 

 to! They allow countless species of 

 harmful insects to levy a tremendous 

 tax on them, annually, that comes 

 right out your own pocket. 



The destruction of wild birds by loss 

 of their forest homes and by gun-prac- 

 tice has destroyed the primal balance 

 between bird life and insect life. There 

 are not enough birds left to eat the 

 surplus of insect pests. So, the insects 

 are wrecking havoc with John Farm- 

 er's grain crops, and Frank Orchard's 

 fruit trees, and Uncle Samuel's all too 

 limited forest tracts. Therein will you 

 find cause for the unnecessary expendi- 

 ture of millions of dollars. 



Since the creat forests that once 



covered our prairies and valleys have 

 been ruthlessly destroyed and never 

 replaced, the feathered tribe has lost 

 its natural abode and has vastly de- 

 creased in numbers. Nature always in- 

 tended to maintain a perfect balance 

 among all things, but her plan was es- 

 tablished long before cross-cut saws 

 were manufactured, and longer still be- 

 fore man invented firearms. Nearly 

 ninety per cent, of our normal bird life 

 has already disappeared. 



"Sunshine does not come from the 

 sun, alone ! It is to be found in any- 

 thing and everything — anywhere and 

 everywhere ! There is plenty of sun- 

 shine and profit in the song of the wild 

 birds." 



What long-haired poet called the fly- 

 ing squadrons "sunshine?" Or, was it 

 one of the dead and gone nature lov- 

 ers? Neither! It is "Charley" White, 

 in the prosaic city of Chicago, who 

 spends his spare time in preaching this 

 prose-poetry. You would never sus- 

 pect it, to see him in the Board of 

 Trade on a busy day. More likelv vou 



A THREE STORY RESTAURANT. 

 This grain feeding device has three trays, placed one above the other and protected by waterproof top. 

 Each tray is about one 1 and one-half inches in depth. Ifs mighty pretty music — the "crack." "crack," 

 "crack" of the birds when thev break open the sunflower seeds. 



