. The book of birds, common birds of town and country and American game birds . egi^s and fruit an«! to getaway unscathed is little short of of the crows success in life is due toco((|)eration, and the social instinct of the spe-cies has its highest expression in the winterroosts, which are sometimes frefpiented byhundreds of of crows. Ironi theseroosts daily llights of many miles are made insearch of food. Injury to sprouting corn isthe most frerpient against this spe-cies, but by coating the seed grain with coaltar most of this damage may be
. The book of birds, common birds of town and country and American game birds . egi^s and fruit an«! to getaway unscathed is little short of of the crows success in life is due toco((|)eration, and the social instinct of the spe-cies has its highest expression in the winterroosts, which are sometimes frefpiented byhundreds of of crows. Ironi theseroosts daily llights of many miles are made insearch of food. Injury to sprouting corn isthe most frerpient against this spe-cies, but by coating the seed grain with coaltar most of this damage may be of poultry and eggs may be averted by])roper housing and the judicious use of wirenetting. The insect food of the crow incUnleswireworms. cutworms, white grubs, and grass-hoppers, and iluring outbreaks of these insectsthe crow renders good service. The bir<l isalso an efficient scavenger. But chietly becauseof its destruction of beneficial wild birds andtheir eggs the crow must be classed as a crim-inal, and a reduction in its numbers in locali-ties is ALL .MiOAKUl !>>■ \V. C Joliti- The tirst venture of these little swans upon the stormy seas of life is safely negotiatedupon their mothers back, while she. with a true mothers pride in her offspring, takes everycare that no harm shall come. 59
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