The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1899-07-27
Agriculture.


Que snoihsr closely snorsh to tally en-
lphs4iae their relstion. 90 - 10 impress u,
upon The svsrsse intell.et Thai there 10
sny relsti % between the boy OF mac 9Th
. qua vno XII, the little birds. snd th,
sbnedsncs OF insects which dsvsstsis cur
esrdens and fslds. 10 not clear TO many.
but IL Ds serious feet tbst iiliins the
bifds removes The cheek nature hss I'm
posed upon The 70 Multiplicity sfinssc. foes.
IL 10 noticeable that the on bsfsied Eos
lish spsrrov hss % increasing nnmber OF
friends, sud The erov hss character less
black thsn u u usually painted. Birds
that live wholly 90 insects should never
be killed. There ooeb, 10 be veil eo
forced LAYS 10 every state sssipst such
proceeding. He Who does II 10 doing the
community iuspsrsble injury. Birds that
feed on issec's for part Of the time
should generally be SLOWED 10 live, There
is short time when grain 10 ripenins
when they do dsmaas, and some OF them
do destroy fruit; but II they hill insects
enough 10 balance OF more than balance
this ipiory. they OUGHT to Be permitted TO
live The swallows ought 10 be epcour
aged 70 occupy the barns. and should nev
o. b molssted; 0ns year ve noticed
they we're busily engaged 10 ayips over
the osbbsss patch, aud II looked Just ~
though they we're cs.cbius The butter hia
shich make the csbbsge worm. There
is time 10 the spring when the crows do
damage TO the newly planted corn. but
they also kill thousands Of insects - they
sconr the Geld for food. We commend
the following from the Fruit Grover 10
oar readers:
The University OF Nsbrsska hss i1ued
a. special bulletin No. 3 OF the depart
ment OF entomology and ornitholoey, "a
Plea for the Protection OF Our Birds"
Prof. Lawrence Bruner who presents The
subject, for the srestsr part, from . bu
ness and practical point OF view. To
quote briefly: ''ln nearly every cHe
where the food hsbits OF orr birds have
been carefully studied, We find that the
good done far exceeds the possible harm.
Allowing twenty Eve insects per day ~ 30
aversge diet for aoh individual bird end
sstimating that We have about ! l 2 birds
20 the acre, or 10 round numbers $4,000.
900 birds in Nebrasks. there would be re
quired 1875. 900 insects Tor each days
ration.
1.-THE stomscbs OF four obicksdess con
tanned 1923 eggs OF csnker worms. Four
Others contained about 800 eggs and 100
mature females OF the same insect The
stomach OF . single quail contained lOl
potato beetles and that OF smother, up
wards OF 100 cbinoh bugs. A yellow
billed cuckoo. shot st six O'Clock 10 the
morning, contained AZ tent csterpillars
A robin hAd eaten It's larvae OF bibio.
which feed on the roots OF grasses. etc.
''In addition TO the sctusl good the
birds do 10 the destruction OF noxious
insects. many Of them are engaged, Of
least one hall Of the year 10 bunting ont
and devouiipg the feeds Of various weeds
and the other. to us. useless plants. Such
10 the mission Of the various spsrrows.
snow birds. fnches and long spurs which
often OCCUPY our fields in focks OF thous
ands during the winter months.
Its recommended thst tesohers and
parents Instruct children ssainst the use
less destruction OF lie. and especially
shst they prevent the killing Of birds
The wsking Of bird egg collections 10 get
ling 10 be such . fad that almost every
boy enters into II more or less zealously 81
ONE tins or other. Some single oollec
tors 10 . single season take 500 or more
Eggs. This should be stopped.