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 A TREE TRIMMED WITH PEANUTS FOR THE BIRDS

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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