. Annual report of the New York State College of Agriculture at Cornell University and the Agricultural Experiment Station. New York State College of Agriculture; Cornell University. Agricultural Experiment Station; Agriculture -- New York (State). of you would try to find some book on birds, either in the school library or in yoiir homes, and read the descriptions of the birds you are to study this year. It will help you in identi- fying some that are unfamiliar to you. Build a bird house. In the illustra- tion you will see one kind. The birds will like it as well as a very handsome one. They
. Annual report of the New York State College of Agriculture at Cornell University and the Agricultural Experiment Station. New York State College of Agriculture; Cornell University. Agricultural Experiment Station; Agriculture -- New York (State). of you would try to find some book on birds, either in the school library or in yoiir homes, and read the descriptions of the birds you are to study this year. It will help you in identi- fying some that are unfamiliar to you. Build a bird house. In the illustra- tion you will see one kind. The birds will like it as well as a very handsome one. They do not approve of fresh paint, and the birds that will build their nests in houses will not care for one in which the doors are too large. Things to remember in constructing bird houses.— The houses should be built on poles or buildings in somewhat secluded places, and the majority of birds prefer a house not more than twelve feet from the ground. The size of the doorway is important. For the wren and the chickadee the opening should be an inch auger hole, and for the other birds that build in houses it should be one and one-half inches. Some birds, such as the martins, tree swallows, and pigeons, like to live near one another. For these birds a little apartment house may be made, allowing floor space six by six inches for each pair. There should be but one door to each compartment. Be sure to build a bird house and have it in place by next February. Are you interested in the weather? In the sky by day or night? In sunlight and in wondering about your shadow as it stays with you while the world is light ? In the teachers' Leaflet for September there is a lesson on storms. Ask yoin- teacher to help you to understand what is happening in cloudland when the storms come. I think the study of weather is best of all. I hope that while you are out studying the weather you will begin to wonder about the sky and the hills, the rivers and the far-away mountains, the mystery of the far
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