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<strong>Bird</strong> - Lore<br />

older, their interest in the home and the community will be so great that they<br />

will see it is to their advantage to 'Stay on the farm.' "<br />

One particularly good exhibit, done by a boy nine years old, was of native<br />

woods and their uses, as shown in the following schedule, which, for lack of<br />

space, is given only in part. This boy cut the specimens of wood used in the<br />

exhibit on his home farm, getting up before breakfast to do the work. Being a<br />

bird-lover, trees have a double attraction for him.<br />

USE OF W^OODS BY SPECIES<br />

CARL SIMPSON (age 9 years)<br />

Pine<br />

blinds dairy goods sash finish<br />

butter-box crates window-screens sheathing<br />

kitchen cabinets doors frames silos<br />

molding refrigerators<br />

2. Fir<br />

boxes doors sash wagon-bodies<br />

blinds finish sheathing<br />

3. Hemlock<br />

boxes churns sheathing silos<br />

fruit-crates<br />

butter-tubs ceiling siding fruit-crates<br />

doors packing-cases<br />

4. Spruce<br />

boxes ceiling packing-cases silos<br />

butter-tubs fruit-crates agricultural imple- sheathing<br />

churns flooring ments doors<br />

HERB GARDEN, GROWN BY REVILLO WETHERBEE (AGED 10 YEARS)

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