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from the ground, never those that arc pulled from the trees. 

 These needles have a resinous odor that is just as effective 

 against lice as is the oder of tobacco stems. The writer experi- 

 mented for quite a while with pine needles before advertising 

 them and we can truthfully say that we believe them to be 

 without a superior for nesting material. 



The writer has, on several occasions, visited plants where 

 the matter of providing nesting material seemed to be one of 

 second consideration and the owner was crying about the birds 

 not working. Of course the birds could not build nests without 

 the material with whicli to build them. We should see that a 

 sufficient amount of some kind of nesting material is always 

 on hand in the lofts, a fresh supply being put in every few days. 



