How to Attract the Birds 



WEED DESTROYERS 



Weeds have been defined as plants out of place, 

 and agriculture as an everlasting war against them. 

 What natural allies has the pestered farmer? 



Happily, the sparrows and finches, among the 

 most widely distributed, prolific and hardy of birds, 

 are his constant co-workers, some members of their 

 large clan being with him wherever he may live 

 every day in the year. Nearly all, it is true, vary 



their diet with in- 

 sects, but surely 

 they are no less 

 welcome on that 

 account ! 



"Certain gar- 

 den weeds pro- 

 duce an incredi- 

 ble number of 

 seeds," says Dr. 

 Sylvester Judd, 

 of the Biologi- 

 cal Survey. "A 

 single plant of 

 one of these spe- 

 cies may mature 

 as many as a 

 hundred thou- 

 sand seeds in a 

 season, and if un- 

 checked would 

 , , produce in the 



A tempting lunch. — Milk-weed seeds tor '^ , r \ 



the finches SpriUg of the 



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