tOY BIRD HOUSE ARCHITECTURE 



Fig. 9. A Few Houses Made in 1917. 



of the selected judges, and it has proven gen- 

 erally that boys and girls will use very excel- 

 lent judgment in selecting the winners. 



The prizes are usually tools, good books, 

 and thrift stamps, and this annual event is 



looked forward to with keen anticipation by 

 the youthful designers. 



Figs. 4 and 5 show exhibits at the local mu- 

 seum for the past two years. 



Fig. G shows a group of prize winners. 



Figs. 7, 8 and 9 show collections of houses 

 made during the past four years. 



Fig. 10 shows one prize winner with his 

 house hollowed from a piece of birch limb. 



BIRD HOUSE DAY. 



After the prize winners have been an- 

 nounced a day is set for all who are interested, 

 to gather at the Museum, and with nails, ham- 

 mers, wire and step ladder, together with the 

 Bird Boxes start out to place the houses in po- 

 sition. Fig. 11 shows a group about to start. 

 Fig. 12 gives a view of the boys placing a 

 house in a tree. 



