Show Species of Hawks That Are Friends of Farmer Fanner The saying the only good hawk hawkis hawkIs Is a dead hawk has hns been proven false by modern biological studies Some hawks of ot course prey at times D n poultry and valuable game birds however live mainly on rOo no- lents ro-lents lents cents Insects and other destructive of ot wild life lIte It lt Is not easy to distinguish be be- between between between tween the harmful and harmless species species species cies of ot hawks that In Itself being food lood reason renson for erring It if at all aU on the side of ot protection In general say biologists of the United States Department ot of o Agriculture harmless hawks have broad wings s and wide shaped fan shaped tails and the harmful ones have relatively long tails and rounded wings Study of ot the ap ap- ap- ap appearance appearance and habits of ot the hawks In any section should enable farmers and sportsmen to tell teU which are like Uke- likely likely ly 11 to visit the tho chicken yard and which will confine themselves largely to feeding on Injurious animals and thus be useful |