STOKES SEED FARMS COMPANY 



MOORESTOWN 



NEW JERSEV 



Bird Houses 



"The cherry-trees are seas of bloom and soft perfume and sweet perfume, 

 The cherry-trees are seas of bloom {and oh, so near to London !) 

 And there they say, when dawn is high, and all the world's a blaze of sky, 

 The cuckoo, though he's very shy, will sing a song for London. 



The nightingale is rather rare, and yet they say you'll hear him there 

 At Kew, at Kew, in lilac-time {and oh, so near to London !) 

 The linnet and the throstle, too, and after dark the long halloo 

 And golden-eyed tu-^hit, tu-whoo of owls that ogle London." 



— From "The Barrel-Organ" by Alfred Noyes. 



No. 32 Price $2.00 

 Bluebird House 



No. 33 Price $2.50 

 Downy Woodpecker 



No. 41 Price $1.50 

 Wren House 



No. 42 Price $2.00 

 Wren House 



No garden is complete without birds and birds do not prosper so well in our out-of-town communities xmless 

 they are protected with bird houses. Those quoted herewith will cover very completely the various requirements of 

 the common North American songbirds. The various designs are recommended only after careful experiments as to 

 their desirability and practicability. All bird houses are quoted F. 0. B. New Jersey point. 



No greater charm can be added to a garden or the grounds of a 

 coiintry place than an abundance of birds with their grace, their 

 color and their song. Many owners of small covmtry places have 

 induced himdreds of birds to make their homes on their grounds, 

 many of them returning from their migrations year after year. 

 Others can do the same. The expense is small and the profit in pleas- 

 ure great. Providing birds with nesting places, food, shelter and 

 bathing accommodations, and keeping away their enemies, the worst 

 of which is the domestic cat, is sure to bring results, which not only 

 add to your pleasure but benefit the whole neighboring community. 



Protection is quite necessary. Nesting places should be guarded 



No. 43 Price $4.00 

 Bluebird or Wren House 



No. 45 Price $1.50 

 Chickadee House 



No. 51 Price $2.50 

 Flicker House 



against the domestic cat, squirrels, weasels, snakes, etc., and the 

 English sparrow should be trapped and destroyed. The results of 

 protection are in direct proportion to the amount given. 



The value of putting up bird houses and nesting boxes can 

 hardly be overestimated. The birds that use them are all insect 

 eaters. They rarely, if ever, trouble fruit crops, and by providing 

 nesting boxes for them their numbers may be enormously increased. 

 These, if properly put up, will be surelj' occupied, but they should 

 be so placed that the birds will not be subject to danger or annoyance. 



Nothing is more attractive to birds in hot weather than a good 

 water supply, furnishing facilities for drinking and bathing. A 



No. 52 Price $1.50 



Redheaded 

 Woodpecker House 



No. 60 Price $2.00 

 Crested Flycatcher 

 House 



No. 63 Price $1.50 

 Robin House 



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