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did not begin to nest. At last three pairs began nesting at the farm 

 house — although there was a pair of English sparrows on one side of 

 the house and a pair of bluebirds on the other. They came to both 



my houses at the shore of the lake, but after going in and out of the 

 two houses there for about a fortnight, they decided to live in your 

 house and live or six martins have continued to fly in and out there 

 ever since, hut they have not nested I think, hut some part of every 

 day they come and fly about and enter it. Also they fly high above 

 the tall pines, of which the grove is composed, for hours. 



The pairs at the farm house have hatched and are now trying to 

 induce the little ones to fly. 



So I feel abundantly rewarded for all the work I did last year with 

 the young ones, for 1 must conclude that some of them that got away 

 from me lived in the vicinity and returned this year. 



Yours very truly, 



Danl. C. Robinson. 



Booth Lake, Wisconsin, June 20, [909. 

 Mr. J. Warren Jacobs, 

 Dear Sir: 



I enclose photo of bird house my son bought of you. The birds 

 have taken to it well, with exception of the first story or floor. Why 

 can that be? Do you think on account of the columns? I will also 

 ask - if the rooms should be cleaned in fall, or spring? 



Yours respectfully, 

 Box 69, East Troy, Wis. S. (. Peterson. 



