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would expect to find him interested 

 solelv in material money grabbing, and 

 quite indifferent to the charm 01 

 glossy feather and rippling woodland 



song. 

 After all, though, he is an idealist 



with a broad, practical point of view. 



AN OPEN-AIR "CAFETERIA." 

 Plain, everyday beef suet is a tempting morsel 

 for the insect eating species. This basket is patron- 

 ized liberally. The downy woodpecker practically 

 hangs around the livelong day. 



Certainly, he is farsighted to study the 

 very thing which exerts a powerful in- 

 fluence over his business. Scientific 

 trading in "The Pit" is really shorn of 

 all speculation. Proper buying and 

 selling must be based on every known 

 fact obtainable. When a prominent 

 operator enters the market, he does so, 

 fully fortified with "last minute" re- 

 ports from field agents. Of course, 

 there is one element of risk that cannot 

 be eliminated. It comes with a sudden 

 awakening of the unshakeable grip 

 which the insect pests have secured 

 after months of unseen propagation. 

 Then, it is too late. Drastic measures 

 may be taken by farmer and govern- 

 ment together. Perhaps, these will 

 prevent further inroads, but that which 

 is gone is gone forever. Trace the flur- 

 ries in the grain and produce markets, 

 and you will invariably find the rav- 

 ages of the deadly insect pest at their 

 beginning. 



Mr. Bert Ball, Secretary of the Crop 

 Improvement Committee of the Coun- 

 cil of Grain Exchanges, in touching on 

 the most unique of agricultural cam- 

 paigns under his direction writes. "He 



WORKING IN COMBINATION. 

 A little above the suet basket hangs a wren 

 bungalow. Although several openings appear to be 

 shown, only one is put in the "bungalow." The 

 others are '"blinds." 



who makes two blades of grass to 

 grow wdiere one grew before, in fact, 

 produces two pounds of freight to ship, 

 two checks to deposit, two bolts of 

 goods to buy, two plows to sell, and 

 more important than all, two dollars 

 for the jeans which before had barely 

 one. 



"There is a million dollars annually 

 lying under foot in every county which 

 nobody collects for the want of a little 

 public spirit and community of effort. 



"The farmer must not be treated in a 

 class apart. Conditions cannot be im- 



