. Elementary agriculture. Agriculture. BIRDS 79 up flies and mosquitoes. When darkness comes, the owls and night hawks go on duty and capture in- sects of many kinds. They swoop down and catch moles, meadow mice, and rats that do harm to farmers^ crops. Grosbeaks Are Friends. Grosbeaks are of such 13articular service to the farmer that in many states they are protected by law. The rose-breasted gros- beak, or ''i^otato-bug'' bird makes a tenth of his diet of potato beetles (Fig. 77). He also eats the cucumber beetle. He is accused of eating peas, but he is so useful in the garden that it is wo
. Elementary agriculture. Agriculture. BIRDS 79 up flies and mosquitoes. When darkness comes, the owls and night hawks go on duty and capture in- sects of many kinds. They swoop down and catch moles, meadow mice, and rats that do harm to farmers^ crops. Grosbeaks Are Friends. Grosbeaks are of such 13articular service to the farmer that in many states they are protected by law. The rose-breasted gros- beak, or ''i^otato-bug'' bird makes a tenth of his diet of potato beetles (Fig. 77). He also eats the cucumber beetle. He is accused of eating peas, but he is so useful in the garden that it is worth one's trouble to put netting over the peas. He may also be kept away by a scarecrow. He is very fond of orchards, for can- kerworms, caterpil- lars, and the moths and scale insects that attack trees are his special delight at meal time. The cardinal, or red-bird, belongs to the gros- beak family. They have been accused ''^''^ ^ of pulling sprouting Fig. 50. The Meadow mmmi. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Nida, William Lewis. [from old catalog]. Chicago, A. Flanagan company
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