Ogden Evening Standard | 1911-06-16 | Page 1 | Grosbeak Aids the Farmers |

Type	issue
Date	1911-06-16
Paper	Ogden Evening Standard
Language	eng
City	Ogden
County	Weber
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Article Title	Grosbeak Aids the Farmers
Type	article
Date	1911-06-16
Paper	Ogden Evening Standard
Language	eng
City	Ogden
County	Weber
Page	1
OCR Text	Show oo GROSBEAK AIDS THE FARMERS Washington, June 16. A popular belief be-lief among farmers that the bird known as the grosbeak, of which there are several species, works great Injury to crops, Is rofuted by tho agricultural agri-cultural department In a statement Issued today. The rose-breasted grosbeak, the red bird of cardinal, and tho blue grosbeak gros-beak aro defeuded as groat devourers of Insects that work injury to crops. Comparatively Httlo damage to plant life is dono by any of the five species of tho grosbeak. The department says the bird deserves protection at "tho hands of tho farmers.
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