. Agriculture through the laboratory and school garden. A manual and text-book of elementary agriculture for schools. Agriculture. 316 AGRICULTURE. When one considers, then, that the greater per cent, of the food of birds is composed of in- sects, and that of the vegetable material they consume a large per cent, is weed seed, and that they obtain fully one-half of the grain they do eat from the waste of the feed-yard and other places, and this largely in the winter months,. FIG. 109. —" LOOK OUT ! " when insects are scarce, it will be realized that tJic best and cheapest means of kee
. Agriculture through the laboratory and school garden. A manual and text-book of elementary agriculture for schools. Agriculture. 316 AGRICULTURE. When one considers, then, that the greater per cent, of the food of birds is composed of in- sects, and that of the vegetable material they consume a large per cent, is weed seed, and that they obtain fully one-half of the grain they do eat from the waste of the feed-yard and other places, and this largely in the winter months,. FIG. 109. —" LOOK OUT ! " when insects are scarce, it will be realized that tJic best and cheapest means of keeping insects in cJieck is the encouragement and protection of birds. It would be cheaper to allow the birds a portion of the grain or fruit than to allow the insects to take all, which would happen. 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 Jackson, Caroline Ruth, 1871-; Daugherty, Amelia (Crum) "Mrs. L. S. Daughery. " 1859-. New York, O. Judd company
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