. The birds of Wyoming . The Birds of Wyoming. 15 upon that unsavory insect, the chinch-bug; and the numberof this pest that occasionally are destroyed by it is really as-tonishing. No farmer or fruit-grower should ever kill a quailhimself nor allow anyone else to hunt it on his premises. Our domestic fowls, save ducks and geese, from whichso much direct income is derived throughout the year, belonghere. It would be folly on my part to assert that they areuseless to the farmer. Besides furnishing eggs and meat forthe table, they are great aids in keeping down a variety ofiioxious insects durin
. The birds of Wyoming . The Birds of Wyoming. 15 upon that unsavory insect, the chinch-bug; and the numberof this pest that occasionally are destroyed by it is really as-tonishing. No farmer or fruit-grower should ever kill a quailhimself nor allow anyone else to hunt it on his premises. Our domestic fowls, save ducks and geese, from whichso much direct income is derived throughout the year, belonghere. It would be folly on my part to assert that they areuseless to the farmer. Besides furnishing eggs and meat forthe table, they are great aids in keeping down a variety ofiioxious insects during spring, summer and fall. The various species of Doves or Pigeons are not, as arule, thought of as being especially harmful, yet repeated ex-aminations of their stomach contents would indicate that theirfood seldom, if ever, consists of anything but grains and vari-ous kinds of seeds along with other particles of good done by these birds as destroyers of weed seeds morethan pays for the harm done by them
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