Show PHE ts BO DO GOOD AS 11 ELL AS HARM As a result of a survey in sevi r county the richfield reaper says that pheasants serve the farmers by eating certaine cert ains insects but that it also eats largely of the farmers pro ducts the reaper says quoting a bi bt letin both praise and blame are die d ie the bird on the basis of its feeding habits at no time of the year la Is it predominately insectivorous its chief value aside from its aesthetic worth undoubtedly consists in be ing a game bird it does service in destroying obnoxious weeds and d dac tive insects its injury to ag ri culture consists in its destruction fit vegetables sprouting grain and a few beneficial insects the pheasant Is essentially a bird of the swamps moist thickets and brushy brus hylands lands it seems that in utah only those farms next to its favored habitat are damaged to any ampre ceable extent and even there it ren ders considerable service in gener al it appears that as long as tha th pheasants are held within reasonable reason ble numbers they hey will render at least as much service to agriculture as they do harm arm |