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be fastened to the branches and bags containing 

 seeds and nuts may be suspended. This tree may 

 be fastened upright in the yard or the small tip may 

 be placed on a window shelf. 



Automatic hopper. Several automatic feeders on 

 the principle of poultry hoppers are now for sale 

 on the market, or they can be easily made. The 

 large hopper can be filled with seeds, which come out 

 of a small opening at the bottom leading to a shelf. 

 As fast as the seeds are used, others fall down to 

 take their place. When once filled this may last 

 several weeks. 



The Audubon food-house. A modification of the 

 Von Berlepsch food-house has been made by Mr. 

 Frederic H. Kennard in this country and has been 

 widely and successfully used. This consists of a post 

 from five to six feet above ground and three feet in 

 the ground. A rustic appearance is given by using 

 a stout post with the bark on, such as red cedar. 

 The house consists of a square hip roof two feet, 

 ten inches over all, and supports beneath it four 

 glazed sashes, two feet long by ten and one half 

 inches high, and jointed at the corners. It is fast- 

 ened to the post by means of a wooden block two 

 inches thick, attached beneath the apex of the 

 roof, with a hole in the center, into which the top of 

 the post is driven and nailed. There are two food 

 shelves fastened about the post, an upper one, 

 twelve inches in diameter on a level with the bottom 



