3. Name five birds that destroy rats and mice.

4. Give list of ten birds of value to farmers and fruit growers in the destruction of insects on crops and trees.

5. (a) Tell what the Audubon Society is and how it endeavors to protect the birds.

(b) Give name and location of two large bird refuges; explain the reason for their establishment and give names of the birds they protect.

6. (a) Know what an aigret is. How obtained and from what bird.

(b) Tell methods to attract birds winter and summer.

1. GENERAL REFERENCES: (At least one must be read to qualify for badge).

"Method of Attracting Wild Birds," Gilbert H. Trafton, Houghton, Mifflin Co.

"Bird Study Book," T. Gilbert Pearson, Doubleday Page Co.

"Wild Bird Guests," Ernest Harold Baynes, E. P. Dutton Co.

2. HANDBOOKS AND SPECIAL BIRD BOOKS:

"Hawks and Owls of the United States," A. K. Fisher.

"Useful Birds and Their Protection," Edward H. Forbush, Ma.s.sachusetts Board of Agriculture.

"Home Life of Wild Birds," F. H. Herrick, G. F. Putnam Co.

"Land Birds East of the Rockies," Chester A. Reed, Doubleday Page Co.

"Water and Game Birds," Chester A. Reed, Doubleday Page Co.

"Western Birds," Chester A. Reed, Doubleday Page Co.

"Handbook of Birds of Eastern North America," Frank M. Chapman, D.

Appleton and Co.

"Bird Life," Frank M. Chapman, D. Appleton and Co.

"Handbook of Birds of Western United States," Florence Merriam Bailey, Houghton, Mifflin and Co.

"Children's Book of Birds," O. T. Miller, Houghton, Mifflin Co.

"Burgess Bird Book for Children," W. T. Burgess, Little Brown Co.

BUGLER SYMBOL--BUGLE

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Play correctly as to notes and time the following calls and marches and play at sight any calls selected:

1, First Call; 2, Reveille; 3, a.s.sembly; 4, Mess; 5, Recall; 6, Fire; 7, Drill; 8, Officers; 9, Retreat; 10, To Colors; 11, To quarters; 12, Taps.

Reference: Cadet Manual, E. L. Steever, Lippincott.

BUSINESS WOMAN***

SYMBOL--NOTE-BOOK

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1. Must have a legible and neat handwriting and show a knowledge of spelling and punctuation by writing from dictation a paragraph necessitating use of commas, periods, quotation marks, apostrophe.

2. Must typewrite 40 words a minute, or as an alternative write in shorthand from dictation 70 words a minute as a minimum, and transcribe them at the rate of 35 words.

3. Must show a knowledge of simple bookkeeping and arithmetic.

4. Must show how to make out, and know how and when to use receipts, notes and drafts, and money orders.

5. Must know how to write a simple business letter, such as asking for employment, or a letter recommending a person for employment.

6. Must show how to keep a check book, make out checks and deposit slips, endorse checks, and balance checking accounts.

7. Must keep a simple cash account to show receipts and expenditures of personal funds for three months, OR the household accounts of the family for three months. (This account may be fict.i.tious.)

8. Must be able to write a letter from memory on facts given five minutes previously.

REFERENCES:

"Thrift by Household Accounting," American Economics a.s.sociation, Baltimore.

"Household Accounts and Economics," Shaeffer, Macmillan.

"What every Business Woman Should Know," Lillian C. Kearney, Stokes.

"Bookkeeping and Accounting," J. J. Klein, Appleton.

"Essential Elements of Business Character," H. G. Stockwell, Revell.

CANNER

SYMBOL--JAR AND FRUIT

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1. Submit the following specimens of canning work: (a) six pint jars of two kinds of vegetables, showing the cold pack method; (b) six jars of preserved fruit, at least two kinds; (c) six gla.s.ses of jelly, jam or marmalade.