Show FRIENDS OF N MANKIN MANKIND feathered cre creatures agures of greatest benefit A to 0 farmers every songster that lives on an meet insect life Is worth lt its weight in gold should oo be encouraged in the gardens row few persons persona actually realize tho great rent good accomplished by many 0 at ibo alo m moro oro common varieties ot of insect lestro destroying lestroy ying log birds every bird that lives ou on insect life la Is worth its ita weight in gold to mankind do claros harpers Har pora weekly in most moat localities these use tul ul have boen been so BO destroyed ia as to bo be almost exterminated and the increase qt of destructive insects that frequent tho the field orchard and garden Is appalling something will hava to be done soon or mankind will be c con 0 n routed with a very problem the natural means of at exterminating these pests are by far the best tho the birds ar are tho the natural ener enemies rilga of the life that destroys and injuries tho the various crops why not assist thea the willing birds la in this work wo we can easily do so it we but stop atop and con coll sitter for a moment instead of depleting the flocks oc at bluebirds wrens and purple martins encourage thorn them to inhabit your lawns gardens and orchards erect homes for 60 tho birds tho the little common house housa wren that Is always busy either in winter or summer in catching thousands of insects or feeding on their larvae will greatly appreciate a effort on our part to provide them shelt shelter tin caus cans old coffee pots or small wooden boxes fastened on fences out buildings arbors arbore or trees and provided with entrances about tho the size of a half dol tar lar will make cozy homes for tho the wren and tho the number of young hatched and fed with the posts in the garden will insure a greater quality and better quality of fruits and vegetables tho the bluebird Is another enemy of the hundreds of insects that got in ili their wicked work in the early spring and summer when bloom and tender fruits aulta are exposed to their ravages they can be induced to remain about our homes it provided with suitable ro and nesting boxes the type of home may vary but it should not bo be too large and more than one should be erected about the home especially in the orchard A box not more than twelve by eighteen inches divided in of four rooms with an opening into each room and a narrow ledge or alighting board la Is the most easily provided it should bo be placed on a polo pole about twelve or fifteen feet high li it might be well to have the pole attached to a tunco post or some other handy place by a hinge so the box can lowered be when it la is necessary to clean it out or remove the english sparrows the purple martin la is ono of 0 cur greatest birds it ts Is an annual visitor arriving about the grot of april it never nests in trees it prefers some well sheltered home and one that is out of reach of the cats many years ago martin boxes were quite common and great colonies were seen each year but during the last quarter of a century the martin has been neglected and one can travel for or miles without seeing a birdhouse every farmer and in tact fact evory every owner of a home should assist in reclaiming these birds erect homes for or them A great variety of houses can be built any one can call secure a box from tho the grocer cut a coup couple leof of email holes in it and place it on i pole not far from the house many at f pretty designs can be built that will not only servera served a good purpose but make the home more attractive the loves to be noticed and talked to and it will repay one for his trouble in its cheery warble and in time its presence prea enco will be shown in the ibo quantity and quality of the pro iuchs injured ly by the insect pests |