F. C. PUTNAM 
W T. PUTNAM 
W. T. PUTNAM. Jr. 
MAIL ORDERS TAKEN 
FOR 
DRESSED CHICKENS. DUCKS 
GEESE. FRESH EGGS 
AND OTHER FARM PRODUCTS 
INTERMOUNT FARM SAUSAGE 
Kntermount jFarm 
•'THE MAIL ORDER FARM” 
LAKE CUSHMAN, WASH. 
tney risa to iSc it, and back to Pullman tor |>28. arid some cents. 
I think that is doing very well, and when you consider that the 
ia_e ioj our boys home and their encampment fees would loot up 
some fifteen or twenty dollars under ordinary circumstances, you can 
realize that they are seeing a good deal for very little. 
I have been much interested in the birds this spring, 
fiiay a.re cuanging ,r it h t,ie country. We now nave a great many Brewer 
blackbirds, beautiful coal black]? birds with a golden eye which 
is very conspicuous. They follow the plow right at one's heels, a 
few' years ago I had never seen them. We used to have a few yellow 
birds, a pair or two. how we have them in flocks of 50 or more, and 
so tame they almost light on Vj our shoulder. Robins, --ell a cherry 
is almost a rarity. I saw a -9«ie« curious thing a day or two ago. 
I picked up & Brewer's egg in my garden, it was partially eaten, 
an 1, a moment after a robin fle~ r up and lighted near me with some¬ 
thing large in his mouth. I turew my hat at him and he dropped it 
and flew a my. I picked it up and found it a young bird, a sparrow 
probably, fust hatched and still warm. I never knew before that 
.* icLin ouls eat young birds. A few days ago I saw a large flock 
of crossbills, but the grosbeaks have left us tnis summer. Tne best 
singer we have id tne Black—headed Grosbeak, and a species of 
thrush, ^he latter,are very common and the shnubbery round tne 
hotel is alive with them, perhaps the most beautiful bird acre is 
tue Violet green swallow. He is a beauty. We have the Barn, Bank, 
Eave and Chimney, and sometimes a Purple Ivf rtm. The Water Ousel 
is a sweet singer too, and one of the modi companionable little 
birds you ever saw. He will light on the stern of your boat, duck. 
