also belongs to nature though of a different quality and adds to 

 your happiness. If you are a lover of nature, as I am, you can- 

 not afford to separate anything. You should not take care of 

 your trees and flowers and lawn and not do anything for the 

 birds. This little friend is so interesting and so harmless not to 

 forget the great pleasure they give us in many ways and the 

 multitude of insects they feed upon which would be a destruc- 

 tion to the country had not these little lively friends been such it 

 good help to the destroying of insects. They do everything for 

 your comfort and pleasure, how much do you do for them ? And 

 yet so many useful birds are killed every year when it can be so 

 easily prevented by using this trapbelt which costs only a trifle. 

 True pleasure comes from nature and we should protect nature 

 and also the birds, as they are a combination of harmony. 



In conclusion I would like to say that this trap belt is 

 of great value in the South where rats and other destructive ani- 

 mals cause great damage to cocoanuts and fruits which means a 

 great loss to the people down there, and there is nothing more 

 simple than this belt which is so useful and can be handled so 

 easily as it is held together by one strong spring only, so that the 

 belt can be put up and taken down in an instant. There is nothing 

 about this belt to injure a tree and when it is removed it will not 

 leave a mark on the trunk of the tree as often is the case when 

 other remedies are used. 



To the reader I wish to say that the hints and advice given 

 in this book have been taken from many years' experience and 

 I hope that this book will be read with interest and pleasure. 



I 



ALFRED J. KULL, 



Landscape Gardner & Engineer, 

 February, 1916. FAR HILLS, N. J. 



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