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THE GUIDE TO NATURE 



LOOMING UP IN THE REAR OF THE HOUSE. 

 Stands the martin house, a wren bungalow and 

 a bluebird box. The last two are homemade, while 

 the first is a plain colony house on which many al- 

 terations have been made. 



proved by criticising him or arousing 

 his prejudices. The farmer is no more 

 inefficient than the business man and 

 naturally resents being singled out to 

 be told of his shortcomings. The suc- 



cessful farmer is a business man. 



"The business world must provide 

 that the land be handled on business 

 principles. The time will come when 

 it will be a crime in law, as it is in fact, 

 to plunder the soil. The community 

 has a right to compel a man to return 

 to his land whatever fertility he re- 

 moves and to add a liberal percentage 

 for posterity. 



"Nor is it necessary to pass strin- 

 gent laws. The very best law, which 

 will enforce itself, is the law of eco- 

 nomics whereby the farmer is given 

 the profit which comes from his ef- 

 fort." 



"Nature is woefully shy on bird shel- 

 ters and bird fodder," says Mr. White, 

 "We must all turn in and help, if we 

 are to save millions oe dollars' worth 

 of crops, shrubs, and trees. The sooner 

 the public realizes the incalculable eco- 

 nomic value that the wild birds possess 

 the sooner will prosperity return. In- 

 cidentally, we shall be more than re- 

 paid by the pleasure of the birds' 

 beauty and song. Loving Nature's 

 creatures will make us bigger and bet- 

 ter." 



Follow Mr. Charles E. White to his 

 home in Kenilworth, Illinois, on the 

 north lake shore, and there you will 

 see him practising his collection of 

 "bird sunshine." Likely as not you'll 

 find him in his "working clothes," 

 right in the midst of some improve- 

 ment he is making for his feathered 

 friends. 

 He does not spend prohibitive sums 



SWUNG ALOFT. 

 An interesting bird house suspended between two grand old trees. Formerly it was a herring kit. 

 Just a few additions to it. and an attractive dwelling was created. The box has been inhabited a major 

 portion of the time it has been up. 



