Teachers' Leaflet. 



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References. — "Bird Homes," Dugmore; "Birds of Village and 



Field." Merriam ; " Hand Book of Birds," Chapman ; " The Foster 



Baby " in " Nestlings of Forest and Marsh," Wheelock ; " First and 

 Second Book of Birds," Miller. 



LESSON XXIX. 



HOW TO ATTRACT THE BIRDS TO OUR TREES IN THE WINTER. 



Purpose. — To make the children acquainted with ways for enticing 

 the birds into trees where they may be observed from the windows. 



Hoiv to fasten up suet. — First of all instead of suet get pieces of beef fat 

 which is not nearl}^ so soft and crumbly as the suet and, therefore, much more 

 practical. It should be cut in strips an inch in diameter each way and several 

 inches long, so that they may be bound securely to a branch with string. If 

 squirrels cut the string and steal the suet use picture wire instead of twine. If 

 crows steal the meat bind it to the underside of the limb, so that the crows will 

 not see it. Replace the fat as often as needed and teach the children that the 

 birds look to them for food and thus cultivate a sense of responsibility. The 

 birds may not visit the suet for several days after it has been placed in the tree, 

 but in almost any of our villages or country places such a feast is sure to attract 

 birds sooner or later. Of course, it is desirable that the fat be placed upon the 

 tree so that the pupils may see it from the schoolroom windows, but the lesson 

 should be enforced that by thus attracting the chickadees, the nuthatches and 

 woodpeckers to the shade trees and orchards, the trees will be relieved of many 

 insect pests and the crop of fruit will be very much larger. 



Reference. — " How to Attract the Birds," Blanchan ; " Our Native 



Birds," Lange. 



Thompson. Twenty-first Annual Report Bureau of Animal Industry U. S. Department of Agriculture. 



The Angora goat. 



