PREFACE 



As you step from your front porch into the radi- 

 ance of a perfect spring morning, you come 

 face to face with a great group of folk, which is 

 overlooked by the majority of us, as human beings. 

 Yet each has his distinct personality, with a real 

 mission in life, and can always be found working at 

 his job. 



In the rush and hurry of this world, we overlook 

 many of these friends who mean so much to us, and 

 it is the purpose of this little volume to introduce 

 the folk of the great out-of-doors to the American 

 Boy and Girl; to the busy man of the city who has 

 little opportunity to know them; to the man in the 

 shops, in the factories and mines, who would wel- 

 come a day in the country to make their acquaint- 

 ance; and to the American farmer, who, while he 

 works among these folk constantly, has never taken 

 the time to recognize them as his friends. 



In the distance is heard the booming of the Prai- 

 rie Chicken. Bob White on a near by fencepost, is 



