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Relationships to Human Life. 



All these paragraphs in this chapter converge upon the final paragraph 

 in which the relationships of birds to man are to be considered. Every- 

 thing the birds do that in any way helps us in our work, makes life 

 easier and better, belongs in this chapter. It goes without saying 

 that it must be mnltum in itarvo. The paragraphs already written tell 

 of many ways in which the birds help us. They protect our forests 

 and orchards, they keep insects from devouring the foliage of our shade 

 trees, they devour many of the insects that are seeking to destroy our 

 vegetables, fruits and grains, they hold in check the great masses of 

 weeds that spring up and choke the growing crops, they scatter the 

 seeds of useful nut and fruit trees, they furnish us food, they sing for 

 us and otherwise add to the beauty and joy of the world, and altogether 

 they fill most admirably the place for which they were evidently created. 

 In return for all this help in the work of life, man should give the 

 most careful protection to the birds that so faithfully assist him in his 

 ceaseless round of earning his daily bread. 



