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Show H To Save the Birds, H Tho statisticians who foot up the fl 3oss to the country resulting from tho H. Scllllng of Insect-destroying birds, and H'" from our further neglect to Intel!!- H gently protect and foster those winged 'f scavengers of the air, put tho gross H' sum at 1800,000,000 per year. Wo do H' not know upon what facts or what M basis of computation this enormous m total Is reached; but If It Is one-tenth B part true It Is a startling- showing. The proposition of the federal government HH to set aside bird reservations and j breeding grounds where our feathered H friends might bo rotectcd In lire, lib- Pj erty and tho pursuit of happiness pH -seems to rest upon Houtid economical BP grounds. It Is a measure of safety for PP ourselves as well as fur the birds, |