CHAPTER VI 



A CHAPTER OF THINGS TO DO THIS SPRING 



I DO not know where to begin there are so 

 many interesting things to do this spring ! But, 

 while we ought to be interested in all of the 

 out-of-doors, it is very necessary to select some one 

 field, say, the birds or flowers, for special study. 

 That would help us to decide what to do this spring. 



I 



If there is still room under your window, or on 

 the clothes-pole in your yard, or in a neighboring 

 tree, nail up another bird-house. (Get "Methods of 

 Attracting Birds " by Gilbert H. Trafton.) If the 

 bird-house is on a pole or post, invert a large tin pan 

 over the end of the post and nail the house fast 

 upon it. This will keep cats and squirrels from dis- 

 turbing the birds. If the bird-house is in a tree, saw 

 off a limb, if you can without hurting the tree, and 

 do the same there. Cats are our birds' worst enemies. 



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Cats ! Begin in your own home and neighborhood 

 a campaign against the cats, to reduce their number 

 and to educate their owners to the need of keeping 

 them well fed and shut up in the house from early 



