. Agriculture, its fundamental principles. Agriculture. CROP ENEMIES AND FRIENDS 227 Baltimore Oriole. — The Baltimore oriole is one of our hand- somest birds, and is a sweet singer as well as a useful insect-eater. Caterpillars form the largest part of its fare during its summer stay- in our country. It eats r- 1 other insects, including harmful plant lice, which are so small that they are searched out by few other birds. Less than one fifth of its food is vegetable, and that is wild fruit and seeds. Wren.—The little house wrens are common in gardens and orchards. They live almost entirely on
. Agriculture, its fundamental principles. Agriculture. CROP ENEMIES AND FRIENDS 227 Baltimore Oriole. — The Baltimore oriole is one of our hand- somest birds, and is a sweet singer as well as a useful insect-eater. Caterpillars form the largest part of its fare during its summer stay- in our country. It eats r- 1 other insects, including harmful plant lice, which are so small that they are searched out by few other birds. Less than one fifth of its food is vegetable, and that is wild fruit and seeds. Wren.—The little house wrens are common in gardens and orchards. They live almost entirely on insects, such as grass- hoppers, beetles, cater- pillars, and bugs. Since practically all the insects they destroy are injuri- ous, they should be en- couraged-to take up their residence near houses, by having nesting boxes provided. These should be fastened out of reach of cats. Chickadee. —The chickadee is one of our tiny bird friends. It feeds on small insects, such as bark lice, and on insect eggs which escape the notice of most other birds. Bluebird. —^The pretty and common bluebird is another useful friend. About three fourths of its food is insects, chiefly grass-. Bluebird at edge of nest, with grasshopper in its mouth. 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 Soule, Andrew MacNairn. [from old catalog]; Turpin, Edna Henry Lee, 1867-1952, joint author. Richmond, Atlanta [etc. ] B. F. Johnson publishing company
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