Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-10-10

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these insects examination . ssthsir
stoInAchs show that for thfse duaft-
ers Of the year their food IL mainly
2. B~irds.whosA food is mainly Wild
seeds, berries, buds but also INSECTS
include 1860 Of all birds. They Are
JAYS, pigeons erouss ousilI ana Wild
sparrowsa The wild sparrows, .
their young almost entirly on insects,
while the-adults eat insects a. long las
they aretattalnable. This group with
the one whose tool IL mainly insects
makes up about 6oR. Of all our birds
and their food is3 mainly insects.
B. Water and Shore birds. .Gulls
2 terms and many OF the ~so-called
sects. An illustrations Of the good gulls
do H. .seon In the experience Of the
Mormons of Utah.sssIIt T. ise satdsthat soon
black crichet, appeared onHtheir crops
"a great numbers, destroying entire
crops and reducing many: settlers to
the point 81. starvation Fields OF
grain weresdenuded Aatt q single day.
Sea gulls came BY the thousands and
conaplished ttis. spNWell. that the In
sects were eradicated anda4he remain
der. OF the. crop was saved.
In order to reduce. the number Of
insects we should encourage ourSlna@
tive birds Y. grow and multiply. The
main a9snc56s VI their destruction
are: I 4. y5gss$ : &st x"
NaturaI :eaau.isses.. dise.se, parasites;
Man. game hog, small boys, dealers
IN birdsNWtngs and feathers, egg coli
The best Wes,can do to keep the
birds from dyink OF disea.e and para
sites ts:Sto keep them healthy and,
vigorous, by afording them plenty
q %at sSea food an and . spf,ctentt cool IS clean
More btrdssare killed, BY man. then
by 9 natural death. He has no right
to Kill wild birds Tor food!unless fresh
meat Is entity lacking, Hunting can
not Be prevented Tor no out door
recreation can quite take its place.
but q. little. care by hunters would
helpna lot IA. good sportsman does
not kill every bird within range He
is satisfied with "a moderate bag. He
leaves ~suficient birds to bring up
broods ttns the .srring. But the game
hog wants to Kill more. than any one.
elise and aitn4 IT.. discharge every. shell
he has. He shoots birds. because they
ars Cheaper In his mind than clay
Every small townshas, it's small boys
who get quite accurate with their air.
rif1cs and slinE-shots. They like to
shoot, At.;tre things that, fly ana can
do considerable damage. in the course
OF = year, rtot.5onlysa the mum Der, of
birds they may XIII but, in the annoy
ance they%are to the birds. However,
the schoolstare educating them to an
interest In Bird fife, which should
cause, q litfle change in the amount.
Of good they can do.
"A powerful means OF reducing, the
number Of birds II their use for mil
linery purp1Ses One New York mer-,
chant who during; d three months "trip
to the coast 5pf s. Carolina prepayed
10t0oS Bird skins. A large, number
Of the birds killed were too, damaged
Tor use. This man uses $4,000 bird
skins annually. / One village alone
supplied 4 merchant With 10000
species: Dealers In birds: number in
many. btrdssir killed &for millinery
purposes eAeh' year becaIse n,illinets
will. not" edve. this information. But
it must; be true that next Is disease
more birds Afe killed for: dress than
ard killed BY any other means. Ex-
pertsf estimate that 5 million birds are
killed annually TOR wearing apparel.
This is ten times as many as are found
fns ~ the scientific collections of the.
coYitry; and probably I, Thousand
nually By any other means In this
country Birds are wanted when their.
plumage ssss'the brightest, this IL in
the breedlrx season. Which means
that the young .ate left to starve:
; Small boys who make it q practice
to collect bird eggs do, more damage
thAnsdo the full grown s%portsinen.
The Eaellsh sparrow and stray
cats attack the rative birds. II they
have more Birds. The English spar.
row lisa degenerate that was brought
over fro mEi1glands to help eradicate
catefpillars.tn. the East, but the spar
RAYS did not take to the woods. but
instead rerd4ined IN the city, robbed,
spongedSS on other birds and ate grain
insEead OF tht4cts.
Il we hit less Of English Spar
rows. We would have more native
soit6sters III cur, trees. The means for
increasing, the. number OF songsters
are few ana simple. They. require
protection t. suitable resting places,
fo9d and water. AithoughtSoY birds
build their hestb. In the,,kround, the
majority place theifxnests In trees ana
shfubs. .a4ThA .53reTnopinE OF old trees
and tree surgery gives the birds Few
err places TOR nests 30 that we should
make arttifiat nests. Good drinking
water attracts MOST birds In hot
weather. sFd1d'is important most dur
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