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done. The best treatises we know of are "Plants 

 Useful to Attract Birds and Protect Fruit," by W. T. 

 McAtee, of the Biological Survey, Department of 

 Agriculture, Washington, D. C, and " Useful Birds and 

 Their Protection," by E. H. Forbush, Massachusetts 

 Board of Agriculture. In general, however, it may be 

 said that, when food is scarce, practically everything 

 included in the above list is eaten by birds; when food 

 is plenty, of course, they tend to pick and choose. The 

 mulberry trees, the mountain ash, and the Chinese 

 crab-apple are three known favorites, and very decorative 

 on home grounds. The high-bush blueberry, flowering 

 dogwood, and the cornels are also favorites, and should 

 be planted in clumps for shelter. 



In Sweden, it is customary at Christmas time to tie 

 a sheaf of oats for the birds on the balconies of the 

 houses. This custom is coming into favor in Milton. 

 In fact, one member of our Club has grown a field of 

 oats for this purpose, as last year it was impossible to 

 get the oats on the stalk. 



"Bird Breakfast Foods" 



A collection of grains and cereals was to supplement 

 Nature's method and show how man can feed the birds 

 when deep snow covers their normal food supply. It 

 is well known that a well-fed bird rarely dies in winter; 

 it is starvation and cold that kill. 



Japanese millet and hemp seed are considered the 

 two seeds best suited to our native birds, but all we 

 showed are eagerly eaten. The collection in itself was 

 instructive to show the differences in the various 

 grains. How many of us know Japanese, French, and 

 German millet at sight? 



We reached an unexpected element in the community 

 by this section of the exhibit. Classes in commercial 

 geography came to see the various grains of commerce 



