. Elementary agriculture. Agriculture. CHAPTER X BIRDS A Story. A certain beautiful poem tells this story. Once upon a time the farmers of Killing- worth were troubled and angry, because the birds ate so much of their fruit and grain. So they held a town meeting and ordered every bird killed. Only one man, the village teacher, pleaded for the birds. He said it would be lone- ly without their cheerful songs. He reminded the farmers of the many in- sects which the birds de- voured. He told them that the few cherries and the small measure of grain the birds ate were only just wages for the hard w
. Elementary agriculture. Agriculture. CHAPTER X BIRDS A Story. A certain beautiful poem tells this story. Once upon a time the farmers of Killing- worth were troubled and angry, because the birds ate so much of their fruit and grain. So they held a town meeting and ordered every bird killed. Only one man, the village teacher, pleaded for the birds. He said it would be lone- ly without their cheerful songs. He reminded the farmers of the many in- sects which the birds de- voured. He told them that the few cherries and the small measure of grain the birds ate were only just wages for the hard work they did in protect- ing the farmers' crops from worms and bugs. But the farmers did not heed his warning. The parent birds were shot and the little ones starved in their nests. For one long summer 77. Fig. 48. The Red-Headed Wood- pecker, an enemy of tree insects and a friend of the 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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