. How to attract the birds, and other talks about bird neighbours [microform]. Birds, Attracting of; Oiseaux, Attraction des; Oiseaux; Birds. What Birds Do for Us Up and down through the long avenues of trees he erected poles from twenty to thirty feet high, and from them swung gourds for the purple martins to nest in, hecause he has found this hird his chief ally in keep'ng down the cuculio beetle, the most de- structive foe, perhaps, the fruit-grower has to fight. Through its attack alone the value of a single peach. Mow a su:(t'>>ful |naili <iri)Htr in Cjcorjiia makes the purple iT
. How to attract the birds, and other talks about bird neighbours [microform]. Birds, Attracting of; Oiseaux, Attraction des; Oiseaux; Birds. What Birds Do for Us Up and down through the long avenues of trees he erected poles from twenty to thirty feet high, and from them swung gourds for the purple martins to nest in, hecause he has found this hird his chief ally in keep'ng down the cuculio beetle, the most de- structive foe, perhaps, the fruit-grower has to fight. Through its attack alone the value of a single peach. Mow a su:(t'>>ful |naili <iri)Htr in Cjcorjiia makes the purple iTiartiiis wiirk for him orchard has been reduced from ten thousand dollars to nothing i;: three weeks! The damage this little bee- tle does to American fruit-growers annually amounts to many millions of dollars. Just when the martins return from the tropics, it is emerging from its winter hibernation. And when the nuptial flight of the cur- culio and the shot-hole borer and of the root-borer moth occurs, it ought to be obvious to every fruit- grower that he cannot have too many insectivorous 189. 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 Blanchan, Neltje, 1865-1918. Toronto : Copp, Clark
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