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Show I f un For Your Family the food from falling off. And the whole thing can easily be tacked in place. And while you're acquiring food containers, keep an eye open for dishes which will hold food of all kinds. Some are shaped like pumpkins, pump-kins, some like oranges, and all have cavities large enough to satisfy the greediest bird. They have the advantage ad-vantage of being heavy enough to withstand the blasts of winter. Set one of them in the corner of your window sill. Don't pass by that strange looking gadget! It's a cup hanger with hooks to hold six cups. Tie suet or doughnuts dough-nuts to the hooks. That muffin pan will hold six different mixtures of seeds, and it can be nailed in place since there is a hole at each end. Spindles will hold doughnuts, and strainers and sifters can all be used. Soap dishes are old stand-bys at feeding stations everywhere, but it's possible to buy one that clamps on the edge of the bathtub and so can be fastened over a fence railing. You can place many pendant feeders feed-ers in the wooden jaws of a skirt hanger. When you once begin to get ac-quaintedwith ac-quaintedwith birds, you won't want to stop at feeding them you'll decide de-cide to house them as well. If you do this, write for a copy of Farmer's Bulletin No. 1456, Homes for Birds, issued by the United States department depart-ment of agriculture. It can be purchased pur-chased at the Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C, for five cents. Released by Western Newspaper Union. By MISS ABB IE CONDIT National Recreation Association. Are you using the opportunities winter offers to get acquainted with the birds? Surprising as it may seem, winter is really an ideal time for starting your study as there are comparatively few species abroad at that time and the leafless trees and snow-covered ground make it easier to see them. To add to the pleasure of your bird study, set up some bird feeding stations. sta-tions. You will enjoy doing it, and the birds suffering from the winter food shortage will appreciate it! For the monu, grain, cracked corn, wheat, millet and sunflower seeds are welcomed by the seed eaters, while the insect eaters will enjoy a diet of suet and peanut butter. Bread crumbs, of course, are a staple. A part of the fun will he in making mak-ing these stations yourself. The Buffalo Buf-falo Museum of Science makes some interesting suggestions for a bird cafeteria, the utensils for which may all be found in the five and ten cent store. Many of them may be lying around your own home unused. Suppose Sup-pose you start a search for them. . A set of measuring cups, each one smaller than the last, has a hole in each handle so that one screw hook will fasten them in place to the veranda or fence railing, tree trunk or walL These make fine containers contain-ers for melted suet to which a seed mixture may be added. Then there is a fruit corer which looks for all the world like a. miniature minia-ture wheel. The spaces between the "spokes" will hold chunks of suet or bread when it is fastened to a tree trunk. At the knick-knack counter there are many articles for you to choose from. Do you see that flower pot rack with two shelves? Just the thing for a bird cafeteria, for the uppr shelf will keep the snow off the lower one and each shelf has a little rim around it which will keep |