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in foreign countries, especially, buy extensive tracts of land 

 to convert them into game preserves. In America, 

 farmers as a rule have not appreciated the value of diver- 

 sions and sports as a means of cultivating the manysided- 

 ness of their nature. They have assumed too much that 

 happiness comes after wealth has been acquired rather 

 than while it is being acquired. 



Birds must have a place in which to build their homes 

 and rear their broods. The erection of bird boxes is a 



city attempt to coax 

 certain birds to take up 

 their abodes near man. 

 In the country, bird 

 boxes are a negligible 

 factor, and will perhaps 

 always remain so, for 

 the reason that they do 

 not attract many of the 

 pest-destroying birds 

 upon which the farmer 

 must depend. Trees and 

 shrubs are necessary in 

 a farm community to 

 secure the services of the birds most desired. 



(e) Rural gatherings. In every rural community there 

 should be a grove suitable for large summer gatherings. 

 A grove for this purpose is not needed on every farm. 

 Nor need the grove belong to the public in order to be 

 suited for public use. However, if the environs of the 

 country church or school are of sufficient size, and are really 

 attractive with shade and beauty, they are to be preferred 

 to those that are private-owned. The presence and adapta- 

 bility of some grove for rural gatherings is of primary 

 importance : its ownership is of secondary importance. 



CROSS SECTION OF NORWAY SPRUCE. 



