a piece of raw bacon. Pretty soon a jay came down to carry 

 it away. When the bacon wouldn't come, he hastily gulped 

 a few mouthfuls and flew away. I moved the bacon nearer to 

 me and soon the jay came down again and repeated his first 

 performance. Again and again I moved the bacon until the 

 jay was eating bacon within a foot of me. It was one of my 

 most interesting experiences with wild birds, and my two 

 lady companions were amazed at the boldness and capacity 

 of the birds, who did gulp an immense quantity of food and 

 carried away a still greater quantity. 



When we returned to our campsite for supper, only two 

 of the jays showed up. My women friends thought the other 

 two were laid up in the jay hospital from over-eating. 



In their nesting habits the Canada jays are the extreme 

 opposite from the goldfinich.es. It seems as if they could not 

 get started housekeeping soon enough. Early in March or 

 perhaps even late in February their nests, placed on spruces 

 or pines, contain eggs. Snow still covers the forest floor and 

 the temperature may fall to twenty or thirty below zero. 

 But they protect their eggs and bring out their young in spite 

 of cold and storms. Why they nest so early is not known, 

 but for some reason they must have found that the cold and 

 stormy days of March are the best time to rear their young. 



Slash Again 



ON March 26th a conference was held in Bemidji between 

 the timber operators of that district and the State For- 

 est Service in order to determine the best methods of 

 disposing of slashings and, if possible, the cost of burning 

 them. Senator O'Neil presided and his thorough knowledge 

 of the conditions and his familiarity with those present 

 helped very much to bring out the frank discussion that was 

 desired. He knew where information on each subject was 

 to Le found and was usually successful in pulling it out. 



Opinion varied tremendously, all the way from the man 

 who thought the slash could not be burned for less than 



