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AMERICAN FRUIT AND VEGETABLE JOURNAL. 
November, 1900. 
I recn. nnd cvp] 1 -Inee they have Imrne pm- 
<llffinnsl> of the rlwinefit, nicest I'rilM lin- 
net onble, Christian Witness. 
COVERING WOUNDS IN TREES 
Che wounds made in the stems of iron* 
h.v priming. or otherwise. should have t lie 
wvod preserved to keep It from decay nn 
til the new hark mid wood • \ii>ntJs over 
It, Intf gum similar dissolved in Alcohol 
is fnr hotter than jmlai. l'n» the ifhMltii 
Into a wldp-inoiiUiwl bottle. row It with 
alcohol mill lid II -taml | went. v tour hours, 
when It may he applied with a *w.,b or 
hrtish. It serves, ns nearly a* may he, its 
the Rnbstariee tif Irn rk ; I- nut :i (Tooted by 
heat or cold or net or dry went her; tunl 
retains the sap up to tlie cut leallng Un- 
wound without n -' it. Any IliitbB <Mit oh 
square on top will leave n dead end six 
Inches to a foot, whlelt will eventually die 
■Hid rot off. I.lnihs should he cut oil' slant 
Ins never square on top us Is often done. 
Meehans' Monthly. 
OUR WINTF.R BIRDS. 
By Prof. iJ. W. Field". IUmdc Island Col- 
lette. 
(Concluded. 1 
There Is n third winter visitor will eh I* 
fond of enteritis sheds, hunts nrnl even 
ho uses to catch the mosquitoes, flips mid 
other Insects which stay In the buildings 
over winter to 1 snipe frecfclng. so that In 
the spring they inny lay their eggs to 
hatch ont n new crop of similar insect?, 
lie Is one of the very smullrsi nf unr 
lilnls, only the htntiinltiir bird bolus sinail- 
ei than Im. He I- one of the pontle*t and 
most con lid 1 tip of all the bird*. Oh sev- 
eral oeenslous one has llnwn In hy the 
opeii window mid remained f„ ( ,i ,y H 
contentedly eiileltiug luaeels in uiy study, 
npfinrenUy not uiitlelnu my presence nt 
all Bov era I times he lit upon my head, 
and often within 11 foot of my liiitrd n* 1 
'Ml wrltlus. At length having Witeil alt 
the Insects in Fight in rim room tie made 
up Ids mind to leave, and he did so with- 
out nay ins B'lod bye, though without 
dnntd he left one for tne, for 1 know we 
wore good friend". Von mil know him 
when you meet him, from Ms small td*e, 
short tall olive-grey cftlnr, and golden 
crown This golden crown and his busi- 
nesslike, fearless, lortlly tiea ring have 
«lven him (he name nf Holden Crowned 
KhiLlei (little kltlgb If you do tint al- 
ready know lit hi do mu tall In make his 
acquaintance till* tt Intel Ho mil wait 
for turn to collie t,. your I mu,.-. hut cull 
him In the pint 
and If you are kind, 
W III lie Iliad to see y , 
Before the English 
ds any winter's day 
gelltle mid polite lie 
l|. 
- .. sparrow came to os 
WO could feed crumb- ami In thicks 
'll bllicli -Uowhlnh under Hill- windows ev 
ery^day from the early tall to | n tv spring 
But nowadays the Might lit M. blftCkln 
do. - IM.i slew Ms vvhlt. Vest mid while 
nose .0 often „ ((Ur dooryarrts He cun 
, " '*'• seen, however |l, |,c,| L .„,v,w - 
le ■ re he keep* company will, the 
row. mid the yellow ..imped Warbler* 
To, , , 11 , ree„y,MK. |„. (,| M k , 
^ .T, "«' lw <>'•' hrenst 
1 ■•"lured beak, hid most read 
b perhaps, iron, I he while loll fe, 
hordermy the black on each side The 
hhicl. snowbird I, a. „ bright. , 
am deserveii ed thmloi, Is much be 
loved by the children of Nova Scotia ,,,,,1 
lands further north. They call him the 
'••hipping bird " I'nllke our chipping bird 
lie builds his tieul of moss on Hie ground, 
usually ill a blink dose to the house. Mild 
la y* live white egg-. finely dotted with 
flown w Title onr ehlpplitK lilrd you know. 
Hijiki ' Ills home In an apple oi. lianl and 
lays ihe '-m, ill blue egos vyltli black spots 
nl til" larger end. lb n nest lined wllb 
hiir«eU«lr When you visit Norn Scotia 
In tin- .summer or g" up any of the higher 
iiioitutnlnii of New Km-'lmid you can see 
our friend Hie binds snowbird In his sum- 
rner bnttir. 
In mid winter the Wind Whirls the snow 
about tormina drift - mid Mnvlug patches 
nt Imre ground. Vile-" spots ale Hie feed- 
ing ground* of si'rd eiitlng birds mid sneli 
a It’ll K lire Kill'll stripped Of all Ihe weed 
seed” by ei'owds of smalt lilrd- These 
spots are evedleni pIVK't'S I" dtlltl.c winter 
till'd- Notice Hmt soitiet lineu ihi' old 
proverb “Mi lls of a bulhtfr flock toed her " 
|« not exactly true, for t||e llneks may be 
made up of lilrd- of w vem I different kinds 
of feather-. There may be tbe large yet- 
low broil-led meiiiliiw lark, a giant among 
tin *parrow> and llinbe which make up 
tin - rest of the Ibiek. Very ufteti in this 
sci'tlun the popiilaflilti w lik'li roams from 
nl.e on -is to another In the snowy desert. 
Is run 1 poseil largely of finds" of bird- ratti- 
er larger tlion nn English sparrow, with 
longer hodlrs. light hrowo lutcka ami 
-true colored breasts, a bind; line in ross 
the face under Ihe eyes mid a small lilltieh 
of Mack foil flier* extending' backward' 
like a pen tiidilinl Hie ear I lie-e bird- 
you know .'m Ha- horned lark or "Imre lark 
They do 11- mud, valuable service by Bill- 
ing great quantities of weed seeds; thus 
nnilruilite.llr they -me you and mi and 
mir neighbors Hindi trouble, for vve -nail 
mu have in [mil so many weeds next 
spriti l' a- uc vvniihl Ir them winter birds 
had not -eiin lii'd tl.e ground an earefiilly. 
It urteu happens, however. Iluil there are 
led weed seeds enough ami hundred" of 
Hie Mills starve to death |,cf uf then bn 
Uiuuvhtfnl mid scatter a few oats or 
eauarv seed oil the Imre spot? around |he 
hou«e and garden, jn-r enough to encour- 
age the birds to rnmr- anil gel tin weed 
-ceils lii our neighborhood 
let iu now look for a ltioineiit at the 
bustling little gray imui»M-eo|or»d, III nek 
"lipped old* Miller II, I, eoflt llilllllly tell 
lug yon Ms name, «n th, m you ciiiniitr infe- 
lllk" lllln. bill hi MsMIls m ' or In "top || II ut- 
il' — f" 1 Hivi i'lt* and seed- I in von know Ids 
swc.lly phlilll lee „«||V l'|,iek 
■ I d e * -I Ml* IllwiU.- IllipilsIlIM Mini IV 1 1 1 
kindly leave their nr-ul of eggs of eaukei' 
worms find other Injurlmi- in«oe|s fn kiij- 
“flow de iln" mid m inimi' >1111 in l.eariy 
ehlekadee raaMon if you me eaierul not 
to fi-lgliti-n tin, 'to. 
I'M 1 here i- in* b.l.v-hufly | h the wnoils 
vvbo knows all (hat p going ..1, well ,U> 
tliMf blue anil While Imtldsomt' fellow. II, r 
bhifjny ID is ri'iiUj' ib<- bad boy <>1 the 
""".I- .vet. 1 1 1* •' loost I.OV- tie le old) bad 
m times am) vtmild reform It hi' only had 
a good * luitM'o lie eau *i gn.-ii niltliy In 
which are Injurious to forest trap* 
and much cm, i„. forgiven for the i 
"' i,, Mipllsiie". even il be 01 - aHliin- 
M "" |J WM'1 eggs, ami ev,.|, 
kills young bird- In the pesi | | lilVl . 
l l'oni, ir boy - w In » dill the same 
things, but win. grew up Into useful and 
honored meu, beeuuae by doing sueii 
things once they learned by experience 
Hint i| could not be tile part of a good 
(•liffrai'ler in destroy life needlessly. 
IT you have never seen the blncjays baae 
an owl 1 ndvl-i you to see the perform- 
ance Tlie in \t time you hear Hie lilm.inyn 
making a continued Inibhnb In the wuivds, 
and using all the tittle fho same angry 
nob's, with perhaps the crowds joining in 
the clioriK, be sure and follow Up Hie 
racket and see what it I" nbout, then write 
10 ii" giving Id your own words tin ncou- 
1'Bte nei.'Oiint of it. 
There are a great utnn.i oilier kinds of 
birds with us In (lie winter, almost all of 
w Id, h me licnefii jul I" umn. the hawks 
and ovvls wbleh emdi more than enough 
mbc to pity ninny Hull's over for tlie few 
ehtcfiefiK which 1 hey kill, tlie woridpi»li- 
ei'-. iiniliOtrlu's. tlie little whiter vvton, 
the robin, fflld the Idueblnl (rapidly bc- 
' Oliilug scarce, and w hich r-pcekdly ins-ds 
run protection and oncoiimgemeiit) the 
purple finch nail a Iioki of others. 11m 1 
mil g'dltg Pi slop with the hope Hint you 
will I leg lit today p. keep a list ot 1 In birds 
you see. n rite down in a little book, 
wbleh yon can carry in your pocket, Just 
when ot where you meet these birds, lu 
Ihe woods, llelds. piisinrc or orchard, w hat 
they were doing, what they were having 
lor breakfast, whether nlnue or In flocks. 
In short notice ns many things ns von 
• uli; write (M-m down and then In Hie 
spring, about .Man h 1. send to the Nature 
1 ■ uiit'd. through your baud 01 by yoins.hf, 
a list oi tlip bird- with note" about each 
line When yon lire ill ITov Ideucp do not 
fail tv go and learn what you can nbout 
Hie birds id Ublide Island by looking i ;i|i'- 
tnlh at Hu- mounted specimens in tlie 
Imes' 
Bllgl-It 
BLIGHT 
PROOF 
SEED 
POTATOES 
Proof Ohio 
TIiDunlr mill .Ir.H.ll, ...,r 
-urly iiiiute «imn y llpm'i'il 
mi 1 1 1 mil far Mali- at rt*. isinmi.ii' 
pricy*. Iiu»h vvuito Oliin. v ;a 
•enlUlng, Ill'll III Hill Trlutaufi lu 
• lirllllHU. K.Ml) Plllcri - HllVue, 
>V“*. 'bi’lilgHii. Aon,'-, sit n'liiku 
Wiirkcl Kx IdiulJT (II1I11- nmi Hi.. 
wtiiM sfni main rmp •eo' | ni- 
t|ii«. I’rlro. tile., Oil UV|i|klllll)ll. 
\V E, IME5, Potato .Spcclollst, Vermont Mile, Midi. 
The Sudduth Pear 
History Free on Application. 
AUGUSTINE & CO., Nurserymen, 
IM-,. 
w-i-'^ssiseru'oirws-ovswnis-i/vijsisiwsn 
The Missing Link Apple 
Hi ANt-s 'intiA) WITDOOS a uiv.u, 
?" " n* 'mi "urlj (lud iinillm. 
u nr, r ... ,1 le - |,"f. ns lo qnnllli, ,i« - 
lii"v"Vll v, ns tu f r 'tom fi-uu, Insect- ..nil 
l.'iwl, M,i,l Might, II llll , 1 V lie (mint ill'll" 
"U, ■puli' .r.iftl, lodny f.,r foinll) lit- .»• 
1. eiiiMini lolol |iwr|ui«t'«. tmviug 
lie Ilr. 1 tin mluni tin bout new I, 
"I . ," r ,ll ""'i- fmni Hu I lllii'il • 
' Il'.rll, linin' <1 si.U'loly ul till Ir iiiihimI 
im..ni, s - " f ikot. lsn.s nna mwi n i ,,,..,, 
I- 1 , ."Mill- II, on.,, rellnr, mill >,1,1, -1101 | 
• ..re li„« beg, k* 1 • I much longer. Isxi.i i - - 
l- '\ wi k'-vt.v III, H„|,| mill. I 
■’-".I-, MMROIIe,' llm, It will I," true I" 
1 f'»r(lu*r iinrtlifnlHm nddroM-v 
Mhniln* link Apple Co., Clayton. III. 
A soldi nooi-i] ii, evi-rf lunultty. 
