FOREWORD 



Golf is more than a game, it is a mode of living. It is an 

 attitude of mind. Golf is more than a physical contest. It is a 

 mental examination and a revelation of character. 



Golf is the game of intelligent men, who are accustomed to 

 getting results from energy expended; men who waste little 

 effort on non-essentials, but who have an appreciation for what 

 is worthwhile in life and who attain their objectives. 



It is, therefore, with some confidence that we here place 

 before the Golf Players of America a proposition which we 

 believe deserves their earnest consideration. 



The practical Golfer should see in birds an economical and 

 efficient aid to the Greens Committee in maintaining a good 

 turf free from distressing ant-mounds, worm castings, or bare 

 ground. He should realize that the amount spent by Clubs for 

 reseeding may be greatly decreased by a small investment in 

 sanctuary signs and bird-attracting devices. Ants and earth- 

 worms, white grubs and Japanese beetles, cutworms and grass- 

 hoppers, crabgrass, chickweed and pennywort are not so much 

 to be feared where birds are abundant. 



The man who already has an interest in the out-of-doors will 

 see immediately the virtue of making a bird-sanctuary of the 

 Golf Club property for he realizes what a resource the bird-life 

 of the Club is to those who are not playing. The cheerful songs, 

 the bright bits of color and the amusing antics of the birds are a 

 decided asset to any Club wherever located. 



The majority of Golf Clubs in this country are ideally situ- 

 ated for giving sanctuary to birds without the slightest incon- 

 venience to the game. Often they are lacking in only one or two 

 details that keep them from being the most attractive areas in 

 the vicinity for bird-life, and these wants are easily supplied. 



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