THE RURAL EDUCATOR 



The National Rural Education Monthly 

 devoted to Rural Education and the Teach- 

 ing of Agriculture, Home Economics and 

 Manual Training. 



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Get Mr. Dodson's New Book 

 About Birds--It Is Free 



Don't you want bird friends living in your garden ? Blue- 

 birds, Wrens, Martins, Swallows? You can win back our 

 Native Song Birds by putting out Dodson Bird Houses. 

 Thousands of these houses all over America are inhabited by 

 birds. 



Mr. Dodson builds more than a dozen kinds of Bird Houses, 

 ranging from $2 to ^70. Among the most popular are: 



The Dodson Purple Martin House — 3 stories and attic; 26 

 rooms. Price $12, or with all copper roof, §15 f. o. b. Chicago. 



The Dodson Bluebird House— solid oak, cypress shingles, 

 copper coping. Price $5, f. o. b. Chicago. 



The Dodson Wren House — solid oak, cypress shingles, copper 

 coping. Price $5, f. 0. b. Chicago. 



The Dodson Purple 

 Martin House. 



Set a Dodson Sparrow Trap 



The 



Now is the time to help us in getting rid of that Pest, the EngHsh Sparrow. 

 Dodson Trap is catching thousands all over this country. 



Do you love our native birds? Will you help bring back Bluebirds, Wrens, Purple 

 Martins, Tree Swallows, and dozens of others to live in your garden ? Get rid of 

 Sparrows, set up Dodson Bird Houses, and you will have birds! 



This trap catches as many as 75 to 100 sparrows a day. Works automatically all the 

 time. Remove sparrows once a day. 



This trap has adjustable 

 needle points at mouths of the 

 two funnels — sparrows readily go 

 in— they can't get out. 



Price $5.00, complete with 

 receiving box — f. o. b. Chicago. 

 Made of tinned wire, electrically 

 welded, strong, durable — size 

 36x18x12 inches. 



Write for the free book about Birds 



JOSEPH H. DODSON, 715 Security Building, Chicago 



(Mr. Dodson is a Director of the Illinois Audubon Society.) 



