12 MINNESOTA' STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Article. Exhibitor. Premium. Amount. 



Floral design E. Nagel First 5.00 



Collection cut roses " First.. 2.00 



Collection cut carnat'ns " First 2.00 



Table bouquet " ...First 2.00 



Basket of flowers " First 2.00 



J. S. Harris, Committee. 



HONEY. 



Extracted Honey Fr. Moeser First 3.00 



Extracted Honey H. L. F. Witte Second 2.00 



Comb Honey 0. Tbeilmann First 5.00 



Comb Honey' E. K. Jaques ^ Second 3.00 



W. II. Putnam, Committee. 



REPORT ON ORNITHOLOGY. 



(Made Dec. 5, 1895.) 

 WM. T. SHAW, ST, ANTHONY PARK. 



The past season has been especially favorable for good results in 

 this branch of the work. Early in March the birds commenced their 

 spring- migration, and soon this locality was literally swarming with 

 the most beneficial birds,viz.,the Snow-Bird,the While Throated Spar- 

 row and the Fox Sparrow. This spring migration extended over a 

 period of about five weeks, during which the seed-eating birds were 

 busy. They were principally found in the portions of the country 

 infested with pepper-grass and rag-weed. 



This period was followed by the migration of the warblers. They 

 were frequently observed in the trees in search of hibernating in- 

 sects. 



In the fruit season, a few birds were studied with special ref- 

 erence to their food. In but few cases were the stomachs examined 

 found to contain fruit alone. The most marked cases of the kind 

 being the Cedar Bird and the Rose-Breasted Grosbeak. The stom- 

 achs of the Robin, the Catbird and the Brown Thrush all contained 

 insects as well as fruit. Of the hawks studied, the prevailing food 

 was found to be grasshoppers. This is clearly a very strong point 

 in their favor. 



The fall migration commenced as usual with the return of the 

 warblers. The next to follow were the Kinglets and Brown 

 Creepers, staying with us about a month; the Goldfinch, Snowbird, 

 Sparrow and Redpolls, all seed-eating birds, came later. The Red- 

 polls are exceedingly numerous, and are with us still and may be 

 until January. 



In conclusion, we feel safe in recommending the seed-eating birds, 

 as no serious charges can be found against them, and there is a 

 very great deal that may be said in their favor. Those especially 

 useful, both on account of their number and the length of time that 

 they retnain with us, are the Snowbird and the Redpoll. Of those 

 positively injurious,we can make no class. The work done in destroy- 

 ing insects in the early season must always be taken into consider- 

 ation. 



