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Bird - Lore 



older, their interest in the home and the community will be so great that they 

 will see it is to their advantage to 'Stay on the farm.' " 



One particularly good exhibit, done by a boy nine years old, was of native 

 woods and their uses, as shown in the following schedule, which, for lack of 

 space, is given only in part. This boy cut the specimens of wood used in the 

 exhibit on his home farm, getting up before breakfast to do the work. Being a 

 bird-lover, trees have a double attraction for him. 



USE OF W^OODS BY SPECIES 



CARL SIMPSON (age 9 years) 



Pine 



blinds 



dairy goods sash 



finish 



butter-box 



crates window-screens 



sheathing 



kitchen cabinets 



doors frames 



silos 



molding 



refrigerators 



2. Fir 





boxes 



doors sash 



wagon-bodies 



blinds 



finish sheathing 



3. Hemlock 



fruit-crates 



boxes 



churns sheathing 



silos 



butter-tubs 



ceiling siding 



fruit-crates 



doors 



packing-cases 



4. Spruce 





boxes 



ceiling packing-cases 



silos 



butter-tubs 



fruit-crates agricultural imple- 



sheathing 



churns 



flooring ments 



doors 



HERB GARDEN, GROWN BY REVILLO WETHERBEE (AGED 10 YEARS) 



