Show ENCOURAGE BIRDS TO NEST only through tham T hem can the many insect pests be kept within the bounds of safety of alt alf the ways of ridding our gardens cardens parks parka anti and farms of the be insect pests that destroy fruit grain and even ire trees m none Is so effective as the encouragement of arft most birds are naturally insect eaters and it Is really 12 amazing to count the number cumbe r of beetles bugs caterpillars and grubs that a small bird will devour in a day andre godard a french naturalist remarks in a accent number of la nature paris that agricultural plagues invariably follow the disappearance arance of birds and he be notes that the forests of hungary Ilung ary were saved by the placing of many artificial nests to attract the feathered enemies of the grubs that were destroying the trees it Is 13 true that a few birds eat fruit and grain but even these prefer insects and it is probably true in ninety nine cases out of a hundred that the bird which seems to be eating tho the fruit la Is really pecking at an insect inside IL 11 |