. A conspicuous national service. Birds -- Conservation. or that "one-tenth of all our cereals, hay, cotton, tobacco and general farm products is the yearly tax levied by insects on our farms and gardens," but they will gurgle with delight to know that their own little gardens can be made to thrive and smile and give forth more lettuce and leeks and merry marigolds if "bird apartment houses" are put up here and there, and everything done to encourage bird families to move in and make themselves at home. I am very glad to learn of the good work that you are doing in establis
. A conspicuous national service. Birds -- Conservation. or that "one-tenth of all our cereals, hay, cotton, tobacco and general farm products is the yearly tax levied by insects on our farms and gardens," but they will gurgle with delight to know that their own little gardens can be made to thrive and smile and give forth more lettuce and leeks and merry marigolds if "bird apartment houses" are put up here and there, and everything done to encourage bird families to move in and make themselves at home. I am very glad to learn of the good work that you are doing in establishing bird sanctuaries through the medium of the Green Meadow Club. Sanctuaries furnish one of the best means of increasing the numbers of some of our com- mon birds, and are especially important in the more thickly settled States. Their value is not measured bv size but by the opportunities which thev afford birds to escape pursuit and to find proper food and nesting sites. I trust that you will be successful in your efforts to establish these sanc- tuaries in many parts of the country. Yerv truly vours, T. S. Palmer, Assistant Chief, Bureau of Biological Suri U. S. Department of Agriculture. 19. 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 Rudge, William Edwin, 1876-1931, printer. New York : People's Home Journal
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