The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1921-08-09
SOLUTION INSECT PROBLEM
BIRD PRESERVATION
Insects Great Menace TO Human Race
Preserve: the Birds, and Destroy
the Insects.
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Freserve'thei Birds, and Destroy
the Insects.
c., c. Salvage in The Dearborn 1nde-
pendent:
i. Two young men, American born, of
foreign .parenfage, Both under 20,
started out from their home one Sun
day morning, guns under their arms
And a canvas bag slung over their
Shoulders Threeor four hours later,
they came back, and with them more
than 200 dead song birds. There was
{ great feast that nightt-a feast Of
dead song birds.
! A cruel picture. isn't it? Two hum
dred bits of flashing color. missing
from among the leaves and flowers
and 200 fighters gone from the world!
Fighters? Yes, for while the av-
eraxe person does not realize the fact.
the morning that those birds were
Killed the earth lost 200 valuable
lighters who war constantly, day after:
day, On the greatest menace that con
fronts the American people, men
dee. that: is in 6 way responsible for
the, high cost of living, a menace that
wastes millions of dollars every year,
l. menace. that, if not controlled, in
time would wipe out the human race.
s; The: menace referred to is our in
sect life. e'Sk :;
= Now that the women of this coun-
try have right to help make its laws
there are numerous matters to which
they may well turn their attention
they have already started the welfare
Werk that was so vitally necessary
afi, they will do we'll to include, acts
referring to bird conservation on their
lists. This conservation has, OF
course, its strictly sentimental side,
the beauty of bird plumage, the glory
6fSthe bird song, but the economic
side Of the question is of even great
or Importance.
.seientists have, years ago., shown
us{that any type of3,wild animal lie
is;dstermined Is by two great natural
faetors-the extent of its feeding
6founds and its enemies. Insect life
aeyerywhere, many of its varieties 50
minute as to be invisible to she un-
trained eye. Everywhere especially
in the cultivated fields where our
crops; are nurfured, the bugs and
bstties are living and eating; When When
asAead is sultWated The insect life be.
comes greater than ever before. 1t
r,Isht be said that when the plow
moves ID, the bugs follow. ciyiiiza-
tion sef any type breeds insect life.
This life grows more rapidly than
axs.ether form of animal life. Few
loftke birds, for instance, will hatchl
more sthanStwos young birds in the
tSarse of mating season, and It is
weeks before These young feathered
xoik reach maturity In those weeks
His possible for one pair Of insects to
multiply. several hundred times, and
iaso. thousands in the course of e
ysar. The more crops, the more food
,Sor baby bugs and, in time, unless
Is active enemy were to destroy these
Bugs, there would Be no crops for hui
mans they would have become insect
food s-==+s,--- : =. -
W course, certain insects are the
natural prey Of parasites, but these
aiofss would not remove the menace
-the birds must BE eoanted on to do
the greater part of that, helped dur
inS tsis later years, BY the poisonous
exserminasftors Of The farmers spray.
iFhe real sofution Of y the insect
problem IS bird preservation: We can
tasay increase the number Of the fea-
tasssd folk and incidentally, without
baiiding up any harmful problem for
the future: s.: -,
Inesa are certain people who may
tAks exception to the last Sstatemsnt::
they will say, for! instance, that the he
Soalnon robin redbreast is a, danger
6@s ehas 70 have about. the farm He e
fsss; the Orchards and the berry path.
Ysss.thes robin is ! fruit thief, but :he
elae rspays his robberies by 5he I'm:
hasstRa he: kills in tie course Of 4
Ebs prove. this statement to- a far
nsr, i dozen robins were killed on his
property, and an examination. made
Of thsir giiasards. Eight of the birds
had eaten nothing but insects in the