In England, where the movement has been so successful, it is well- 
to-do girls who began working on farms. A medal was given to the 
girl (aged 14) making the best record of 222 hours work and earning 
$25.00 during the summer. The expenses were all advanced by the 
Conservation Committee, but were repaid. One report from a farm 
says, "Girl first-rate worker, on the job all the while," another, 
"Superintendent wants to know if the big one can come and hoe corn 
next week — she's as good as a man, anyhow." During the winter 
lectures are planned and it is expected the girls will write essays. 
If Agricultural Bureaus throughout the country would take up 
the training of girls for garden work the problem of sufficient labor 
for the necessary increase of vegetable gardening would be immensely 
lessened, and an outlet would be provided for the patriotic aspira- 
tions of those girls who cannot take up nursing or Red Cross work. 
Georgiana W. Sargent, Secretary. 
Feed the Birds and 
They Will Help to Feed Us 
Editor of The Garden Club of America: 
I should like to call the attention of the members of The Garden 
Club of America to the need for saving the insect-feeding birds. 
The continuous cold weather and snow have resulted in the death of 
many of these little protectors of the farmers' crops. If there ever 
was a time in the history of America when we needed to preserve our 
insect-eating birds it is now! 
Careful researches of the Department of Agriculture have demon- 
strated that one-tenth of the agricultural products in the United 
States are destroyed annually by insects. With the ravages which the 
snow and cold are making in the ranks of the insect-eating birds and 
the increased acreage that is being put in crops this percentage is 
bound to increase. The game birds are among our most voracious 
insect-eaters. They, as well as the song birds, therefore, ought to 
be given the fullest protection. There is a Federal Law which 
provides for the protection of the song birds, but in Maryland and 
many of the other states, it is not being enforced. The high cost of 
meats has caused many ignorant people, chiefly Italians, to kill them 
for food. 
The Federal Law and the State- wide Game Law are War Measures. 
There is a State-wide Game Law in 44 out of the 48 States. Two years 
ago the Maryland Legislature failed by five votes to pass the State- 
wide Game Law. It has been introduced again this year, and should 
