OCR Text |
Show Encourage the Swallow. If you wnnt to frco tho neighborhood neighbor-hood of mosquitoes encourage swallows to miiko thomsolvcs nt home, says tho American Forestry association of Washington. Thoso birds feed nlmost entirely upon obnoxious Insects nnd they will do much toward protecting orchards and other trees from Insect pests. No bettor Investment can bo made, therefore, than somo houses sot out for martins and other swallows. Of tho blue swallows tho purplo mnrtln Is tho largest, tho malo being entirely blue nbovo nnd below, whllo tho female Is blue nbovo with n gray breast. Swallows Swal-lows aro highly migratory, most of thorn spending tho winter In South America. |