ADVANTAGES ON SEA-COAST 9 



The advantages of shelter to horses and cattle 

 working or grazing in fields and pastures are 

 apparent, as they experience far greater comfort 

 than when their bodies are exposed to keen, 

 biting winds. 



As AFFORDING RESTING AND NESTING PLACES 

 FOR USEFUL BIRDS 



It is universally acknowledged that most 

 species of British birds are more or less directly 

 associated with some of the best agricultural and 

 horticultural interests, independent of the great 

 pleasure which they afford to rural residents by 

 the sweet harmony of their song. 



Many species, including those which annually 

 visit this country, feed mostly on insects and 

 other pests which are injurious to crops. Some 

 feed upon fruit when ripening, and often in this 

 way commit great havoc in gardens and orchards, 

 but they more than compensate for this in the 

 great benefits they confer in other ways. 



Such, then, should be encouraged to increase 

 and multiply. Many insectivorous species rest 

 and build their nests in trees and hedges, and 

 in districts where these are thinly scattered, the 

 absence of birds in quantity is a want which is 

 sometimes seriously felt. 



