. Boone County Recorder . e r Heck in IndianaFarmer; —: Against the Slaughter of Birds. Dr. WrT. .Hornaday, one of theleading naturalists of the world,and an eminent authority on biroand animal life, head of NewYorks famous zoological park, isconducting a nationwide propa-ganda against the slaughter ofuseful birds. The American^ peo-ple he says, must awake to arealizing sense of certain factsthat seriously affect the cost ofliving. The 6,000,000 men and boyswho are slaughtering our birdsare levying tribute on everyAmerican pocketbook. He saysthe codling moth and curculio ap-ple peats cost us a
. Boone County Recorder . e r Heck in IndianaFarmer; —: Against the Slaughter of Birds. Dr. WrT. .Hornaday, one of theleading naturalists of the world,and an eminent authority on biroand animal life, head of NewYorks famous zoological park, isconducting a nationwide propa-ganda against the slaughter ofuseful birds. The American^ peo-ple he says, must awake to arealizing sense of certain factsthat seriously affect the cost ofliving. The 6,000,000 men and boyswho are slaughtering our birdsare levying tribute on everyAmerican pocketbook. He saysthe codling moth and curculio ap-ple peats cost us about $8,250,000 ayear for spraying operations, ana$12,000,000 a year in shrinkage ofvalue in the apple crop. Thechinch bug wheat peats some-times cost us $20,000,000 a cotton boll weevil costs thecotton planters $20,000,000 a tree insect pests cost thenation $100,000,000 a year. Whilethe grasshoppers, cut worms,army worms, wire worms, leaf hoppers and other insects cost thenation annually more millions.
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