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does more to rid the garden and field of noxious insects 

 than any one species of bird, and he has solved the prob- 

 lem of insecticides better than man with all his bungling 

 spray-machines. 



The home of the toad. The toad has a "homeing 

 instinct," and should be placed in yards, gardens, and 



Courtesy E. F. Bigelow, Sound Beach, Conn. 

 FIG. 94. THE TOAD IN His HOME 



fields, and become one of our most valued domestic ani- 

 mals. A little stone house, containing a shallow jar of 

 water will furnish an attractive home for the toad in the 

 garden, and he will go forth at night like the lubber 

 fiend, to do our tasks while we sleep. 



The toad a harmless creature. Laws should be 

 passed preventing the small boy from killing all the 

 toads he cares to. The toad is absolutely harmless, and 

 the old wart superstition is mere "bosh," and its ugli- 



