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ADVERTISEMENT. 



aid a blacksmith or a grocer in his 

 business, for their work as well as 

 yours is a benefit to humanity." 



This possible objection may be dis- 

 posed of in advance. Three of the 

 buildings of Arcadia were moved from 

 my personal equipment in Stamford. 

 In these I do much of my work and 

 the AA gets full benefit free of ex- 

 pense, thus offsetting to a small degree 

 some of the other personal facilities 

 that I use. For my home and certain 

 other conveniences I purpose to pay 

 into the treasury of the AA exactly 

 the same rental that I formerly paid 

 in the city of Stamford for similar 

 accommodations. 



Therefore your gifts are asked not 

 to aid me personally but for the great 

 organization, the AA. of which I am 

 president, without salary. The mem- 

 bers of my family and others as well 

 as I contribute labor, time and money 

 to that organization and its work, 

 without pecuniary remuneration but 

 only for the joy of doing. In that 

 meritorious work I appeal to your 

 philanthropy. 



An esoecial anneal is made to resi- 

 dents of Sound Beach. Arcadia will 

 be o'^en to all visitors from 4.00 to 

 6.00 P. M. on Wednesdays and from 

 2.00 to 6.00 P. M. on Sundays. To 

 members and contributors it is open at 

 all times. 



Will you aid us in making it more 

 interesting and beneficial to all ? We 

 anticipate a need of $5,000 a year for 

 publishing, for assistants, and for the 

 live stock, with their care and food. 

 There are also other expenses impos- 

 sible to be mentioned here in detail. 

 But the entire plant, its workings, 

 and its needs are freely open to all 

 who are interested, and especially to 

 those disposed to help. 



A Study in Cotton. 



Mrs. A. G. Helmer, 11 Arthur Street, 

 Atlanta, Georgia, suplies for one 

 (Si. 00) dollar an ideal outfit for study- 

 ing cotton as follows : 

 M mature Bale, 

 Box of Seed, 

 . Box of Seed Hulls. 

 Box of Seed Meal, 

 Cotton Flower Photograph, 

 Cotton Leaf and Green Boll Photo- 

 graph, 



Vial of Crude Oil, 

 Vial of Refined Oil, 

 Natural Ripe Boll and Some Loose 

 Locks. 



She also gives the following inter- 

 esting data as to cotton statistics : 



"The census report shows amount 

 cotton ginned to January 16, 1909, to 

 have been 9,998,000 bales. 



"The South last year exported 41 

 per cent, of the value of the exports 

 of the whole country — a total of $614,- 

 900,000. 



"Of course, the greatest commodity 

 was cotton. Cotton to the value of 

 $379,965,014 was sent to other coun- 

 tries; cotton seed oil, $15,125,082; cot- 

 ton seed cake and meal, $13,897,178, 



" 'Cotton Seed and Its Products,' is- 

 sued by Department of Agriculture 

 under title of Farmers Bulletin No. 

 36, is very helpful in connection with 

 this study. A postal card addressed 

 to that department, Washington, D. 

 C, will obtain it." 



WANTED — Photographs and articles of interest to children 

 for my Nature and Science of St. Nicholas Magazine or 

 for adults for the Guide to Nature. Please send for ex- 

 amination whatever you may have, or submit lists and outlines, 

 of what you can supply Edward F. Bigelow, Sound Beach, Ct. 



The Condor 



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A Magazine of Western Ornithology. 



Edited by J. Grinnell. 



Associate Editors: 



William L. Finley Robert B. Rockwell 



"Official Organ of the Cooper Ornithological 

 Club." 



Vol. XI, 1909 



will contain the usual interesting articles 

 by live active ornithologists and will be 

 illustrated by the highest class of half 

 tones. You cannot afford to miss a num- 

 ber. 



Published bi-monthly at Hollywood, 

 California. Subscription: $1.50 per year 

 net in advance. Single copies: 30c each. 

 Foreign subscription: $1.75. 



J. Eugene Law, Business Manager 



Hollywood, California. 



W. Lee Chambers, Assistant Manager, 



Santa Monica, California, 



