The Greeley tribune., 1908-10-21

90 ou "IS blocks of wood rba
srea'es. "'Fance has taken n,,ca T.,
Mus.ue ]" The last fifteen wars
anu .he Muolt trend has been tov,rd
ihakns u attractive ana Instructive
TO the Ia as well MS tb, so;an
tist. NO" groups are prennrod 1',, .n.
trees, hesls and rocks arr nra,,ht "
into the museum and the s,ar;n,om,
are arahEel TO show the eca,a,,n
that 49, th' home life. If mnsi
Ia' 10 " n' mounted, Il swamp hrme
ID 'nss".H 'h' photographs are TAX
GU a"u Nv N'5' and the immediate
su'Iou"u, are brought into the
the home ni the rat Me ~ enow
sone " haOits, In other words
snam p' ni out of doors is placed
not readily gel ont and sea snr "v "a"
selves.
a cas- row being prepared will
serve a. "" example of the new type
OF worH' very large nest of the
noueuI' 'tssA Hawk, (Archbuteo
lerrusne Ns was found out on Crow
CreeA' artut twenty-five miles from
town. ms nest was fine one and
was p!A.cu ~ giant cottonwood,
seventy-f'e feet from the ground.
1t 10 four ioe- in diameter and four
feet IN heisht and weighs three hun
dred pounds so it had to be handled
with car First it had to be care
fully sewed with twine and then
wrapped "!th rope and last of all
. GOVERN of burlap was sewed
around 1t so chat it would stand the
jarring OF getting it down and the
tranSportatiun to the museum. In
taking II down not a stick was lost,
SO that when ii is placed in the
case. II VIII be Just as it was in the
WOODS. There were four young birds
In this nest and they were mounted
and will be placed in the nest, to-
gether with the two parents. This
hawk Is very fond of prairie dog
SO the Old mother will be shown
feeding a prairie dog to the young,
while the father watches the oper-
alton. There were several skulls
and parts of animals in the nest and
these will be placed in the case and
will show about all there is to know
of the food habits of this hawk.
Many other groups are being pre-
pared and all are of this style. AT
first, attention will be given to the
life of Weld county. and after that
is we'll represented, the larger NAM
mails, such as deer. mountain sheep
and the larger carnivorous forms
will be secured and mounted in the
same way
The Museum is more and more
being regarded as a valuable addi-
tion in public instruction, and we
see them springing up in every city
of any size and in the universities
and advanced schools, they are re-
garded as one of the important as.
sets.
There is no more fit place for the
right kind of a museum than In
Normal school, where the future
teacher is being prepared to teach
the youth of the country. A little
insight into nature will make hin
broader and more sympathetic an(
give him better idea of life. Their,
Is nothing that will repay us SO wei
as little study of the wild Things
and as rule the more we see o
them the more we want to know
Nature study now has a place L
every college and school. Some c
the, finest things in literature ar
the Re suit of the authors love an
appreciation of nature and we fin
that many are charmed with tn
form. thought and language. VIII
haven't the slightest idea of bir
or flower that was the cause of tn
effort
There is an aesthetic as well a
an economic value to be considere
in our study of nature. The farme
should know that most hawks ar
animal eaters and not chicken stea)
ers, and that they are his bes
friends. The place to teach this
in the schools and when the ide
is we'll grounded it is never foI
gotten.