354 INSECTS AND BIRDS 



and place them in the tumbler. Keep the tumbler clean and add 

 fresh cabbage daily. You may be growing the cabbage butterfly or, 

 if the worm is slightly hairy, a small moth. As in the case of the 

 milkweed worm the transformations take place rapidly. 



3. Pupils may be encouraged to send to the State Experiment Sta- 

 tion a specimen of some pest for identification and for information as 

 to the best methods of controlling it. A little practical field study, 

 and a report should then be made on the pest. 



4. Get a good bird book, as Chapman's, and learn the names, songs, 

 and habits of the birds. Be kind to the farm birds. Give them 

 food and water when these cannot be secured in winter. 



5. Before any bird is condemned, it should be caught stealing or 

 doing some real harm. 



6. Concerning bird boxes, do something, even though the boxes 

 are not artistic. Perhaps we can do considerable good in this way 

 even in the country. 



REFKRKXCKS 



Bird Life. F. M. Chapman. 

 i'.ronomic Entomology. J. B. Smith. 

 Inserts and Insecticides. C. W. Weed. 

 Injurious Insects to the Farm and Garden. M. Treat. 

 Farmers' Bulletins. Washington, D.C. 

 54. Some Common Birds. 



127. Important Insecticides. 



155. How Insects affect the Health in Rural Districts. 



178. Insects. 



275. The Gypsy Moth and how to Control it. 



442. Treatment of Bee Diseases. 



447. Bees. 



492. The More Important Insect and Fungus Enemies of 

 the Fruit and Foliage of the Apple. 



4! i:5. The English Sparrow as a Pest. 



513. Fifty Common Birds of Farm and Orchard. 



543. Common White Grubs. 



621. How to Attract Birds in Northeastern United States, 



630. Some Common Birds Useful to the Farmer. 



679. Horse Flies. 



(The School library may well contain also Long's School of the 

 Woods and Robert's Kindred of the Wild, two charming books that 

 aid in the understanding of nature.) 



