| Show BIRDS AID IN WAGING WAR Their Work In Increasing Crop Yields by Destroying Insect Pests Declared Declared Declared De De- Highly Important Food Is needed for our armies Birds help the farmers produce that food by destroying Insect pests Therefore birds be considered as one of the thea a allies eJ l. l In the Farm and Fireside one reads Birds are almost as busy as bees and their work In to Increasing crop yields is il highly hig important One of ot the cheapest t and most mOlt effective ways to ton n tight ht In insect Inject ct pests that annually take crop croll toll estimated ted at Isto is isto isto to aid In the preservation of bird life Ufe Few V people how v many insects are destroyed by birds A teaspoonful of fir chinch hugs hug has been taken from th the crop of one quail and an adult bird has been known to eat plant lice In two hours Such worms and bugs hugs as lr t est st our gardens are favorIte favorite favorite favor favor- ite food for bluebirds robins and many other kinds of birds It Is true that some Insect pests may be fought taught with chemicals Owing to the tho great grat war though prices for many materials n commonly used Ins in s sprays ra 9 w washes sheR and poison mashes ore are pretty near prohibitive But the birds work ut before at-before before the war Will wages Birds also eat thousands of ot weed seeds A single quail when killed was found to contain pigweed seeds With labor scarce and high whatever will aid the farmer In his crop against weeds Is worth while |
