190 The Book of Woodcraft 



then using six or seven laths instead of bark, make a hol- 

 low cylinder (J). Cover the hollow cyHnder with a large 

 piece of bark and cut the hole (K) . Cut your entry at the 

 top, half on each of a pair of laths. Cover the whole thing 

 with bark nailed neatly on; or failing the bark, cover it 

 with canvas and paint a dull green mottled with black and 

 gray._ 



This last has the advantage of giving most room in a 

 small log. Of course, if one can find a hollow limb, all this 

 work is saved. By way of variety this one can be put up 

 hanging from a nail, for which the wire loop is made. 



To a great extent the size of hole regulates the kind of 

 bird, as most birds like a tight fit. 



For wrens make it about one inch; for bluebirds, and tree- 

 swallows one and one haK inches ; for martins two and one 

 half inches. 



For latest ideas send to The Jacobs Bird House Com- 

 pany, 404 So. Washington Street, Waynesburg, Pa. 



See also the "Making of a Hollow Tree," By E. T. Seton, 

 Country Life in America, November, 1908, and seq. 



"Putting up Bird Boxes," By B. S. Bowdish (special 

 leaflet), Audubon Society, 141 Broadway, New York. 

 15 cents per dozen. 



"Useful Birds and Their Protection," By E. H. Forbush, 

 Massachusetts State Board Agriculture, p. 388. 



HOW TO RAISE SOME MONEY 



A good Scout always "travels on his own steam." When 

 you want to go camping, don't go round begging for the 

 cash, but earn it. And a good time to do this is in the win- 

 ter when you are forced to stay indoors. 



How? One way, much in the line of our work, is making 



