A Simple Metal Bird Basin
A bird basin can be made an attractive feature of a home garden, and that shown in the illustration was made easily of a metal basin and a section of iron pipe. The pipe was sunk in the ground to a depth of 30 in. and loose rock placed around the end of it. A shallow pan, hammered out of a flat piece of sheet metal and provided with a cork stopper, was fixed to the upper end of the pipe. Holes were made in the edge of the pan and strings to support morning-glories were attached from them to a hoop, set in the ground around the pipe. When it is desired to change the water in the pan it is drained off by releasing the cork.—Mrs. F. D. Reynolds, Stevens Point, Wis.