which we get from the cow, is 

 the most digestible of all meat. 

 Poultry, games, and most animals 

 are also used for food. There is 

 not an animal in the universe that 

 is not used for food. Man was once 

 used for food by cannibals. 



You may go to Europe, Asia and 

 many other countries; in them you 

 will find different animals, but all 

 working for the same domestic need. 



EDWARD ELLSWORTH 

 Eighth Grade. Niles School. 



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THE COTTONY CUSHION SCALE 



Once upon a time, there came in- 

 to California, some small, smooth, 

 white insects called the Cottony 

 Cushion Scales. These insects stayed 

 on lemon and orange trees and had 

 come over from Australia. The 

 growth of these insects spread so 

 fast, that all these lemon and orange 

 trees had begun to die. 



When the people of .California saw 

 all these trees in such a bad condi- 

 tion, they wondered what could have 

 happened them, so later they found 

 out that it was the Cottony Cush- 

 ion Scale that had spread so 

 fast. Now they wondered how they 

 could get rid of them, so some one 

 went over to Australia to get some 

 other insect, which was its check. 

 So they found out that an insect, 

 called the lady bird, was its check. 

 They got these lady birds into Cali- 

 fornia, and at last, they get rid of 

 these Cottony Cushion Scales. 



FLORA LANFRI, 

 Eighth Grade, Niles School. 



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BIRDS SEEN AROUND NILES 



The white-crowned sparrow, or 

 striped-head as it is sometimes 

 called, is a winter resident of this 

 part of the county. It is found in 

 the Sierra Nevada mountains any 

 time of the year. The male is a 

 bluish grey colored bird with two 

 white stripes on the top of its head. 

 The female has just a brown head, 

 and a body like the male. 



It is a little larger than the Eng- 

 lish sparrow. Scientists who have 

 studied this bird say that it does 

 more good than harm but I don't 

 believe them. 



The ether day I awoke about 7 

 o'clock and went out to see how my 

 radishes were getting along. I saw 

 about twenty cf these picking and 

 scratching up my garden. 



The California Towhee or brush 

 robin, is a very useful bird in this 

 community. It is of a brownish hue 



with a tinge of orange under its tail. 

 They live on insects most, though 

 they have a small percentage of 

 grain on their list. 



The Red-Headed Linnet, Goldfinch 

 and Oriole are summer residents. 



The Alaskan Robin, Western Ev- 

 ening Grosbeak, and Wax Wing are 

 transient residents. 



The Alaskan Robin is here only 

 once in a while. As there was 

 great cold in Alaska this year it 

 came down clear to Monterey. 

 ' RONALD HUNT, 

 Eighth Grade, Niles School. 



Ronald, you should not condemn 

 the white-crowned sparrow until you 

 have studied it thoroughly as "sci- 

 entists" have done. Possibly you 

 are wrong. 



* * * 



HOW WE LAID OUT OUR 

 GARDENS 



When we got ready for our gar- 

 dens, our school principal gave us 

 a plot of ground fifty feet long and 

 thirty feet wide. 



After a few days, our school teach- 

 er selected three boys beside my- 

 self to divide the plot into small 

 gardens. To do this we drove 

 stakes at each corner, then we put a 

 string around the plot. After put- 

 ting the string around, we measured 

 eight feet on the long side, and put 

 in a stake; then we measured two 

 feet and put in another stake. This 

 two feet was where the path was to 

 be. When we had finished the long 

 side, we went to the short side and 

 measured five feet and put in a 

 stake, then we measured two feet 

 and put in a stake. When we had 

 finished all the sides, we put the 

 string across the plot and staked 

 it out eight feet one way and five 

 feet the other way. By doing this, 

 we made gardens eight feet long and 

 five feet wide ard a path two feet 

 wide on three sides. 



HENRY M. HALE 



San Leandro Grammar School. 



