Show GIVE THE BIRD FOOD the economic importance of keeping our robins and bluebirds supplied with food is emphasized pha sized in department bulletin no entitled food of the robins and bluebirds of the united states these two members of the thrush family are most attractive and desirable ossi assistants stants to the farmer reducing the insects that prey on his crops besides eating a number of undesirable weed seeds however as they are arc very generally distributed throughout the ille united states and are usually abundant wherever found it sometimes becomes a problem to provide for them when the supply of insects and wild berries is insufficient and the birds have to resort to cultivated crops to sustain life in order to keep the birds from destroying ying valuable crops the departments part ments biologist advises that they be provided with adequate supplies of wild fruits and berries by their human friends ornamental trees and shrubs which furnish these may be planted in the vicinity of cultivated crops for this purpose |