ENEMIES OF BIRDS 69 
That one may still see birds of prey nailed to barn 
doors, and that owls are still shot just to be mounted, is 
a disgrace to people living in a country where knowl- 
edge is so accessible and is so widely and liberally 
disseminated. Let every teacher procure a copy of 
“ Hawks and Owls” and of “ Farmers’ Bulletin, No. 
54, Our Common Birds,” and then let every boy be in- 
formed about the hawks and owls his seniors may want 
him to shoot. I know from experience that such teach- 
ing is very generally effective with the boys. Only a 
few months ago a boy begged me to spare a great 
horned owl which he thought I intended to kill and 
mount. He was overjoyed to learn that my taste about 
mounted owls did not differ from his. Colleges, nor- 
mal schools, and high schools can do much missionary 
work for the good of the people and for the advance- 
ment of science. In many of these schools a monthly 
paper is published by the pupils. ‘These papers furnish 
valuable experience for a number of the pupils, but 
many of them certainly do not appear to be overwhelmed 
with valuable reading matter. In nearly every one of 
these schools are a number of boys and young men who 
take an interest in natural sciences, and who would be 
able to conduct a natural science column in the school 
paper. Articles on bird, game, fish, and forest pro- 
tection would be appropriate matter in that column. 
Publications issued by the United States Department 
of Agriculture, by the state agricultural schools, by 
the Audubon societies, and other bodies might be 
mentioned and briefly described. In cities that main- 
