. 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). 8i6 Rural School Leaflet. Two young proprietors members of a bird club organized by Mr. Hugh Findlay of the Morrisville School of Agriculture. The boys and girls are not only receiving the valuable training that comes through natural history study, but they are deepening their nature sympathy and laying the foundation for recreation that will become
. 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). 8i6 Rural School Leaflet. Two young proprietors members of a bird club organized by Mr. Hugh Findlay of the Morrisville School of Agriculture. The boys and girls are not only receiving the valuable training that comes through natural history study, but they are deepening their nature sympathy and laying the foundation for recreation that will become a great resource in future years. Mr. Findlay has the kind of enthusiasm that inspires and that keeps on in- spiring until definite results are obtained. The children do the work. There are many ways of keeping up the interest in bird study during the winter. Have the children hang suet or beef fat on the branches of the trees, and scatter seeds on the ground. Gradually bring the feeding stations nearer to the house. The chickadees, nuthatches, woodpeckers, and blue jays will visit the suet. The seeds will be appreciated by the tree sparrows, juncos, fox sparrows, and quail. A shelf placed outside the window has been found very useful in pro- viding a feeding place for birds. It is said that winter birds frequently suffer from thirst. Whenever possible, water should be placed where they can reach it. Encourage each child to build his own bird house. Teach the impor- tance of having the doorway the right size. It should be just large enough to admit the bird. For the wren and the chickadee the opening should be an inch auger hole, and for the others it should be about one and a half inches. A perch or doorstep should be provided below each door. "It is here," says Director Bailey in "The Birds and I," "that the birds often stop to arrange their toilets; and when the mistress is busy with domestic affairs indoors, the male bird often sits outside and ent
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