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A TREE TRIMMED WITH PEANUTS FOR THE BIRDS
XI
THE CARDINALS
Having often seen cardinals feed in poultry yards
with chickens, I again started to scatter chickfeed,
hoping to attract those beautiful birds to my house.
Chickfeed is finer than chickenfeed, and I believe the
birds like it better.
Every winter I trimmed up an old tree with peanuts for the birds' Christmas, and always after a snow-
