. How to attract the birds : and other talks about bird neighbors . How a successful peach grower in Georgia makes the purple _martins work for him orchard has been reduced from ten thousand dollarsto nothing in three weeks! The damage this little bee-tle does to American fruit-growers annually amountsto many millions of dollars. Just when the martinsreturn from the tropics, it is emerging from its winterhibernation. And when the nuptial flight of the cur-culio and the shot-hole borer and of the root-borermoth occurs, it ought to be obvious to every fruit-grower that he cannot have too many in
. How to attract the birds : and other talks about bird neighbors . How a successful peach grower in Georgia makes the purple _martins work for him orchard has been reduced from ten thousand dollarsto nothing in three weeks! The damage this little bee-tle does to American fruit-growers annually amountsto many millions of dollars. Just when the martinsreturn from the tropics, it is emerging from its winterhibernation. And when the nuptial flight of the cur-culio and the shot-hole borer and of the root-borermoth occurs, it ought to be obvious to every fruit-grower that he cannot have too many insectivorous 189 How to Attract the Birds birds about. Bluebirds, which readily accept invita-tions to nest in boxes placed on poles and trees, de-stroy immense numbers of Insects taken from thetrees, ground, and air. In the Georgia orchard re-ferred to, titmice, chickadees, and nuthatches are at-tracted by raw peanuts placed in the trees and scat-. junior partners : young house-wrens almost ready to earn their own living tered over the ground. Once these favorite nutswere discovered, this family of birds likewise joinedthe firm which, with the addition of the owner of theestate, now consists of purple martins, barn swallows,chimney-swifts, bluebirds and wrens. Of course theyhave numerous assistants that come and go, but theseare the recognized partners, both full-fledged andjuniors, with homes on the place. And all draw 190 What Birds Do for Us enormous dividends from it in that unique andhappy manner which greatly increases the cash rev-enues of the business. Perhaps the junior partners,-the fledghngs, with appetites bigger than theirbodies (for many eat more than their weight of food
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