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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- 



