Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 174, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 July 1915 — School Children Make Bird Houses. [ARTICLE]

School Children Make Bird Houses.

The boys and girls of the Columbus public school, under the direction of one of the teachers, are making bird houses. They have already made twenty, of eizes ranging from one to nine rooms. These are Intended for the martins, especially, since they consume such numbers of destructive insects. The old idea that the only use a boy has for a bird is as a target for stones and airgun is surely dying out in progressive communities. Intelligent people, old and young, recognise birds as invaluable friends to the farmer, the fruit grower and the gardener and protect them as such. We are glad to note that several Brookville boys are providing houses for wrens and bluebirds and are thus doing their part in this good work. — Brookville American.