Mt. Pleasant Pyramid | 1919-08-15 | Page 2 | Why Destroy your Friends?

WHY DESTROY YOUR FRIENDS? Agriculturists Make Tremendous Mistake Mis-take When They Wage War on Certain Types of Birds. In the suburbs of one of our cities recently a man was arrested for shooting shoot-ing 83 robins and two cedar wax jvings. When we consider that each year the people of the United States pay a toll of one billion dollars to Insects, In-sects, the reason for protecting our native birds is apparent. " Some birds feed almost entirely or. the seeds of weeds, others on field mice and others on small rodents. Hawks and owls are considered outlaws, out-laws, and the average citizen wants to shoot them if he can. It has been estimated that each hawk or owl hills on an average a thousand mice a ye?.-. A recent examination of the stom ach of a cedar wax wing (cherry bird) revealed 100 canker worms. In the stomach of a scarlet tanager were found 030 gypsy moth caterpillars. With the continued wanton destruction of native na-tive birds, smvessful agriculture would become Impossible and the destruction de-struction of the greater part of food vegetation would follow. Thrift Magazine.