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Morristown, Bice County. — Blackbirds, quails, and hens. 



Cosmos, Meckel' County. — Birds and domestic fowls appear to subsist upon them, but 

 the difference they make is imperceptible. 



Mankato, Blue Earth County. — Blackbirds and robins very destructive, but not enough 

 birds in the State. 



Detroit, Becker County. — The birds destroy countless numbers. Blackbirds are pow- 

 erful aids. Domestic fowls sometimes save whole gardens. 



Becker, Sherhurne County. — Blackbirds best ; chickens good ; hogs. 



Medalia, Watonwan County. — The best friends we have. 



07-r, Jackson County.— Destrojed one-tenth. 



Banks, Faribault County. — Broods of turkeys and chickens are very destructive. I 

 had a garden of four acres covered with 'hoppers. I hatched about one hundred tur- 

 keys and chickens and in a week they had cleaned them out. 



Kerkhoven, Swift County. — Chickens, turkeys, and other domestic birds were useful ; 

 also, the large yellow-headed blackbird. 



Honian, Grant County. — Birds have done good work ; blackbirds most. 



Moorhead, Clay County. — From the crow down to the little wren they are useful. 



NEBRASKA. 



Plaitsmouth, Cass County. — Domestic fowls in gardens, home-lots, &c., are very use- 

 ful ; "birds little use. 



Hebron, Thayer County. — All kinds of birds and domestic fowls destroy vast numbers. 



Farmers^ Valley, Knox County. — Blackbirds, domestic fowls, prairie-chickens, and 

 quails destroy the eggs and young locusts. 



Niobrara. — Very useful in destroying young 'hoppers, but do not touch the winged 

 ones. 



Ponca, Dixon County. — Very little use ; the fowls become disgusted with so many. 



Genoa, Platte County. — Blackbirds, cowbirds, and domestic fowls destroy large num- 

 bers of eggs and young locusts. 



Tecumseh, Johnson County. — Yery largely. Blackbirds have been our most valiant 

 friends. All birds, as well as domestic fowls, have aided. 



Amazon, Franklin County. — They have destroyed about one-half. 



Friend, Saline County. — Prairie-hens, quails, snipes, blackbirds, &c., are useful. 



Hoojyer, Dodge County. — Blackbirds, snow-birds, prairie-chickens, domestic fowls, &c. 



Burr Oak, Otoe County. — All domestic fowls and hogs eat them with avidity. 



Famiei's^ Valley, Knox County. — Birds, snakes, frogs, toads eat the insects ; birds eat 

 the eggs. 



Sunlight, Cass County. — Hogs, prairie-squirrels (gray and striped), chickens, and 

 birds. 



Steele City, Jefferson County. — Wolves and skunks eat many 'hoppers. 



Arayo, Richardson County.— Hogs and domestic fowls. 



Grand Island, Hall County. — \Yild and tame pigeons, the eggs and young ; domestic 

 fowls, prairie-chickens, grouse, and qnails, in any stage of their development; black- 

 birds feed on the young. 



Pleasant Hill, Saline County. — Snakes. 



Chapman, Merrick County. — Prairie-chickens, plovers, blackbirds, and larks. 



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Spirit Lake, Dickinson County. — Birds destroy a great number ; grakle, yellow-headed 

 blackbird, barn-yard fowls, wheat-bird, &c. 



Lake City, Calhoun County. — Domestic and wild fowls are very efficient in destroying 

 the young. My garden was saved in 1874 by about seventy-five chickens. 



Fort Dodqe, Webster County. — Birds, squirrels (evidently prairie-squirrels), ground- 

 mice, hogs, and domestic fowls ; blackbirds most. 



Dakota City, Humboldt County. — Chickens alone have saved gardens here ; turkeys 

 the same. 



Alta, Buena Vista County. — Birds, domestic fowls, and hogs; hogs will plow the 

 ground for them (eggs). 



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