The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1869-05-27
DO not Kill the Birds.


The importance Of certain kinds OF
birds to farmers, 'gs.f,scnrrs, and ever,
tie dweller In town aud city bones, Is
now beyond question, but tile list oi
those that live upon insects Is much
larger than is commonly supposed. 1t
has until quite recently, been consider
ed that the killing ut csssS's and black
birds h a benefit to farners.siI 1t is now
well established fact that these birds,
NJ well AS many Others, do far more
good t6aR ikdtin. Baron Won Tscudi
the Swiss Naturalist, writing on this
subject, sayt!ysit
"Witho,lt birds, successful agriculture
II impossible. They aAntt,ilate, in a
few mouths, greater number OF de-
etrUcttve insects thar Human hands
cAh accomplish In the same number of
years. Among the mess nscial birds
for this purpose may be classed the
swallow, wren, robin red-breast, spar
mouse upOn r,,se busher of his neigh
l,orS, and rid the same in few hears Of
innumerable lice. a robin red-breast
killed IN the neighlnsrhoad. of 800 flies
In an hour. A pair Of night swallows
destroyed In fifteen minutes an inn
mense swarm Of gnats. A pair of
wrens few tldpty.siK times in an hour
with insects in their bills to their nests.
Hc csno&6ngIthe sparrow rs very impor-
tant; \ pair of them In single day |
Cnrfv1n1DUuWtnls or caterpilIars to their
n<e1r- certainly good compensation
fhntke ~ cherries which they pluck
from the tfeee. The generality of small
birds carry to their young ones, during
the lsetllMa period, pothing but insects,
WORMS malls, spiders. az"
Il - Egonclusive illustration of the
. r.i%s ne e s 4 4 $ NJ r. E E'srs
cDt Pf6He~t, the French naturalist He
cxhibifra ldfge collection OF the stom-
nchs oklAirls Will, their contents, with
MISREPRESENTATION showing the kind
If diet p1luired during each month of
the yeac Below il the hill offare of ai
few of tittsc birds: Il
BLAGIHIRDs.- January and Februa- \
y, secsas, spiders chrysalids; March,
wormSsE rubs aud buds Of trees; April, 1
and grubs; May, the
same ana cock chafers; June, the same, ,
md fTuit; July, August and September,
MI sorts Of worms and fruits; October,
.rubs of butterflies and worms; No
cember and December. seeds and crysa- >,
ids. e
JAy.-January, grubs Of cockchafers, :
,corns, aud berries; February, chrysa- :
ids and different grains and seeds; "a
March, sruhs, insects, wheat and bar c.
Icy; April, grubs Of beetles, and snaiIs; H.
May, cockchafers. and lorusts; June, II
'sgs of birds, cockchafers' and beetles; CO c,
August, the same acorns grubs and al al
lragon flies; September, the same and Ii
ruits; October sud November, beetles,
Tugs, snails and grain; DcceMber,. the
anne, haws, hips, &c. E,s5 r@.-I
WOODPECKER.-Janu ants; Feb
uary. worms and grubs of ants; April,
'nts and wornk; Nay, red ants and W
,r,,bs OF wasps; June, bees aud ants;
|uly, red ants; August. red ants and p'
worms; September, ants and worms; In
october, grubs anlh ants; November, in
rubs of ants and bees; December, .,
nts. q a :"
SPARROW. -Onlyslives near the hab- 2:
tation of man. 1t varies its food ac. p rS
ording to circumstances. In a wood Of
lives on insects and seeds, grain and cd
arvn Of butterflies. &c; in city it $
ives on all sorts of debris; but it pre- =
trs cockchafers and some other insects
0 all other food.
1t is true that some of these and 9TH 4
Z birds OF similar tastes arc troublesome 9,
. fruit growers, and IN some instances i
o great deal Of damage; but the sea-
OH for ti1lr depridatiohs IS not long,
'hile in 0le way Of destroying insects,
hey IRE useful for three quarters of the
ear. An impression prevails that they
hould be killed Oh sight, aud every
oy who can carry II gun makes it his
slaughter them, while the
ntereA II ul0se who till the soil lies in
heir preservation.