Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-02-28

seems that the season" starts early
down there.
Speaking Of eggs and hens and in
answer to the Ridlonvi!.e egg story c.
C. Freer Of Readfeld writes the Jour
nal: u can. have pen Of u white
Wyandotte pullets Matched early in
May that laid 435 eggs during jan
uary.'
Dwight Turner OF jefferson, a
Bates student. now at home, has a
fine herbarium. the flowers having
been collected and mounted last sum-
mer. While assisting last year on his
fathers farm he also spent some spare
hours in lining bees" One home Of
them he found inside OF the peak Of
the roof Of c. E. Hall. The weight
of the comb and honey was IS pounds.
The size of the deposit was nearly
four feet. one foot wide and six inches
deep. He thinks the collection was
made only during last summer The
bees had entered by small decayed
hole under the finish Of the peak.
He is a little lad. trife over three,
and he lived in Brookside Circle, Au-
burn. The other day he saw a COW
for the first time and during his in
spection Of the strange animal. she
! lowed. A little later he was visiting
a neighbor. and told Of the strange
animal he had seen and about her
horns. How do you know it was a
horn" inquired the lady. 20. I
know il was horn because she
bowed it at me- Who says that
children are not original at times?
Although it is a we'll known fact
that the chickadee is one Of the
tamest and most friendly Of our
birds and is one Of the frst that the
nature student learns to recognize.
bird lovers will like to hear Of an
| interesting experience which beiell
Harry Frost CT West Winthrop one
day recently. while he was or an ice
fishing expedition. He had set his
lines and was waiting for the fish to
bite when he heard slight noise
and on looking around he found a
pair of chickadees hungrily in
vestigating. or rather trying to in
vestigate. the contents Of his lunch
! box as they scratched at the paper
which covered it. Opening his
lunch, while they waited. he gave
them bread crumbs, then pieces of
meat. and he says that after they
had tasted the meat they absolutely
refused 70 even look at the bread
crumbs. They kept near him all the
forenoon and were his guests at
dinner time. Seeing that one Of his
lines needed attention he was busily
engaged in looking after it, standing
Tor a moment with one hand ex-
tended resting on a pole, when ne
felt light touch and 10 and behold
one OF the pair had alighted on his
hand. While the chickadee. with
his CHEEKY song and bright brave
spirit is a source of wonder and
surprise to all who know him, il
does not come to all Of US to have
quite such a close acquaintance with
him as did Mr.. Frost. One OF the
smallest Of our native birds. yet he
is able tc live through the better
northern winters and his wonderful
courage and endurance may we'll be
lesson to US wiser folk. None of
our birds do more valuable work than
the chickadee. especially in destroy
ing the canker-worm moth ard
their eggs and there can DC no doubt
OF the advantage of attracting them
about the house and orchard dur;ne
the winter. Especially necessary il
1t to provide food while his natura,
supply is covered with deep snow
and ice and those thoughtful mor,a,s
who set out a supply OF seed and
suet viii be we'll repaid for their
kindness.