Show r r Ii COAXING BIRD GUESTS 11 l Nets Notts of of Sure to 1 Spread 1 From From Ernest rnest Harold Bane Baynes's Bayness Keeping Open Hou House e for the tho In January St St. Nicholas It I 18 Is wLl to begin to 0 make preparations for bird guests at least as ns carl early as ns the middle of November NO In tho the first place e It takes some time for tho the news or of onos ono's hospitality to spread among tho the feathered folk and the sooner It I starts the better Then most p people prefer to work out of doors In Nop No- No o- o p than In December But January January-Is not too late It I Is I very cry de- de that some of the birds should be he Induced to r feed od where they ma may bo bi ob observed b by b their hosts Generally speaking there aro are two kinds of birds to prepare for those for for thoC those which eat t wod to or o grain grin and those which prefer animal food of some kind kinti There Is I another class clas well wel represented represented rep rep- resented by the which will wi vat eat at almost anything but no special JI preparations need need-be he made for the birds belonging to H It since Inco thc they will wi faro fare riotously on tho food sent out Olt for forthe forthe the First of ot all ni we will wi consider con con- sider t-lilor the tho In us birds bIrds Their natural naturu fare is rarely attainable In winter but beef suet met will wf be bt found a avery very good and anti convenient substitute r Or r It AH Mi Al things considered suet slet U is l best t thing I ha have tried for this purpose I If I there happen to b be trees near the time house hOUe tho the problem of the tw bird bird- feeder Is simple nil all 01 ho h hns has to do to ls tic tie the tho suet curtlY to tn the trunk trunks and prominent branches and await the arrival ar or- Ir- Ir rival of or hi his hit gUtIA guests If I there Ir are an- anno no I trets tret's he should go co out Into tho the woods oOs and cut down don ns as S large a n dC dead e one Jt mw 3 ap h he can enn handi anti and set et It In the iho ground exactly where ho he w wants It A stapling will wll wll answer but a n larger r tree trec Is more moro interesting For the seed eating birds It Is well wel to 10 ha have a arle aarle variety t of ut food Mixed bird birde e Ml t 1 Is e excellent e for Cor tho the smaller birds I but hul to It should hould bo be added such nuch things I as Its oats oat wheat buck buckwheat corn and er seeds If I there are no n cats In th the tho neighborhood the tho best place to tf scatter cutter th the seed feed Is IN on the ground I where seed eating birds usual usually get their food First of all al however the snow RnO should be bu cleared n away wa otherwise other- other wise vise the food Coo I itt ic liable to sink In out outfit of fit sight and ant besides it Is cr very difficult dif dlf- dif dif- for tor email birds to get set about aboul on Out rodt In oft toft deep snow sno It If I there arc rc cats about the food ma may be placed on nn shallow trays traya or tin tn pans which may Inay be set et on posts or fastened to th the trunks and branches of or trees |