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is to train them to ])oles on the margin of a spaeions lawn, 

 or next a j^ath somewlint remote from tlac dressed grounds. 

 In ado])tino' tliis plan care must be taken to prevent small 

 birds alighting on the poles, for they not only defile but 

 injure the jilants, and may even kill them. The grey 

 Hj-eatcher is a common offender in this \va\' ; Imt if the 

 poles are sharp-pointed, or have a stunt spike driven in at 

 the top, the birds will be careful not to alight on them, 



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