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exhibition so far fulfilled its purpose that it forms the 

 major part of this, our first report. The elements of 

 this exhibition can be so readily modified and extended 

 to suit the needs of any community that we offer this 

 account of it in the hope that it may be the working 

 basis for many similar activities in other places. 



The Scope of the Exhibition 



At first, we planned to show simply a collection of 

 nesting boxes and feeding stations in a neighbor's barn, 

 but the project at once suggested so many possibilities 

 that the Public Library seemed to be the only suitable 

 place. When completed, in addition to the nesting 

 boxes and feeding stations, the exhibition included a 

 variety of bird baths, a large collection of branches of 

 berry-bearing and seed-bearing trees and shrubs, and 

 the seed stalks of weeds (displayed under the heading 

 " Nature's Method of Feeding the Birds"), an assort- 

 ment of grains, a collection of selected books and 

 pamphlets on bird life, the texts of game laws and 

 posters, numberless colored pictures of birds, a sparrow 

 trap, suet pudding, a food stick, and a bird Christmas 

 tree. 



Nesting Boxes and Feeding Stations 



The collection of nesting boxes was varied and inter- 

 esting, ranging from unique home-made articles such 

 as starch boxes, flower pots, tin cans, southern gourds, 

 and Italian olive jars, to the Packard paroid roofing 

 paper boxes, the Perry bird boxes, the Von Berlepsch 

 boxes and other commercially manufactured articles. 



A list of the boxes * on exhibition and names of man- 

 ufacturers follows : 



Joseph H. Dodson, Suite 1201-5, 19 La Salle St., Chicago, 111. 

 Martin house, copper roof, price $15 F. O. B. Chicago. 



* See plates for details, pages 83 and 85. 

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