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races in pattern of plumage, comb, egg-production, size, and color. Do not 

 be afraid to consult scientific magazines and poultry-books, for, although you 

 may not be able to read them with complete understanding, you will find help- 

 ful pictures and many bits of useful and enjoyable information. 



In connection with the increase of the meat-supply of the world, do your 

 "bit" by first learning as much as possible about the common domesticated 

 animals, and then, wherever opportunity offers, keep a pig, calf, small flock 

 of hens, or a sheep. 



Boys and girls who live in the country have the best chance, of course, 

 to do this kind of nature-work, but there is no reason why pupils in the city 

 should not know where the eggs, meat, milk, butter, and cheese they eat come 

 from, and how they are produced. Any reports of pig or poultry clubs will be 

 gladly received by the School Department; also, compositions on the hen and 

 wild turkey. 



We must strive to get our food-supply up to a point where we can say, 

 as the observant writer, Torkington, did in his "Diarie of English Travell": 



"In this yle ys Plente of lambes, Gotys, [Goats,] motons, 



[muttons], and also hennys [hens], and capons." [A.D. 15 17.] 



SUGGESTIONS 



1. Refer to the Encyclopaedia Britannica, the Century Dictionary, Agricultural 

 reports, and bulletins of the United States Department of Agriculture; also communicate 

 with your State Agricultural College. 



2. What fowl has white feathers and a dark blue skin? 



3. What fowls have feathered legs, if any? 



4. Did you ever hear of a fowl that had no tail? or of one that had no use of its wings? 

 If so, where? 



5. What kind of a call or song docs the Jungle Fowl have? 



6. Do chickens and turkeys like insects? 



7. What diseases affect domesticated fowls? 



8. W'hy are eggs so valuable to man as food? 



9. Can you give the meaning of heredity, dower, production, domestication, and 

 nutrition as used n this issue of the School Department? — A. H. W. 



For and From Adult and Young Observers 

 SUGGESTIONS FOR JUNIOR AUDUBON CLUBS 



By MRS. GRANVILLE ROSS PIKE. Yakima, Wash. 



1 Provide Water for the Birds. 



Make fountains in the school-grounds and home-lawns as soon as possible. Mean- 

 time, keep fresh water supplied in shallow vessels, above the ground-level, located near 

 trees or shrubs. Observe what kinds of birds drink and Ijalhe there. Keep a nolelxxik 

 and list all birds recognized at watering-places and elsewhere. 



2 Provide Cover for the Birds. 



Plant a bird-garden, having trees, shrubs, vines and |ilants that furnisli food, 

 shelter, and nesting-sites for the birds. In this garden include honeysuckle, scarlet 

 rumur beans, salvia, columbine, and otlier plants attractive to lluniniingbirds. 



