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millet seed, sunflower seeds, either in the head or detached, 
and advises hanging up in the orchard pieces of carrion, suet 
or other animal food for the benefit of jays and crows. ‘These 
latter birds resort to such supplies when unable to obtain food 
in nature and there is much less danger of their molesting the 
smaller birds or devouring the winter berries upon which the 
smaller forms depend so largely for sustenance. 
Provision should also be made for summer birds if we would 
have these delightful and beneficial companions upon our prem- 
ises. Mr Forbush, in order to accomplish this end, recommends 
the feeding of the early appearing birds in April with a little 
cracked corn, oats, wheat, barley or millet seed and _ providing 
them with suitable bathing places. The latter should be where 
there is little danger from attacks by cats or owls. The water 
should range in depth from ™% inch to 2 inches and must be 
fresh. Nesting places for swallows can easily be provided by 
making an entrance at least a foot wide in the gable ends of 
barns not otherwise provided with openings. ‘There should 
be some provision inside for nesting places similar to the rafters 
in the old-fashioned structures. Chimney swifts can be induced 
to remain in the neighborhood by attaching to the barn a box of 
boards about the size and shape of the old-fashioned chimneys. 
Mr Forbush states that it is not necessary that this structure be 
upon the top of the building, though it should be out of the 
reach of cats. Appropriate nesting places should be provided 
or made accessible for the other small birds. 
The above measures, though perhaps trivial in themselves 
if only one or more are adopted, are capable of exercising con- 
siderable influence upon our bird population, and if generally 
adopted throughout a given section of the country, should be 
productive of great practical benefit, since the increased num- 
ber of birds would be a most important check upon destructive 
insects. 
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