1 82 Conservation Reader 



The beauty of the birds, their sweet music, the compan- 

 ionship which they afford, and, last but not least, their 

 great value to the farmer and fruit grower, should arouse 

 our earnest efforts in their behalf. 



In our country alone an army of five milhon men and boys 

 go out to hunt wild creatures every year. The animals are 

 so defenseless against man's weapons that it is not a fair 

 fight, in which the quicker or sharper escape, but a slaughter. 



If these hunters were savages armed only with bows and 

 arrows, then the wild creatures would have a chance for 

 their Kves. Besides, savages do not kill for sport, nor do 

 they purposely destroy Nature's most valuable gifts to 

 them. 



The forest that has been cut down wiU grow again. The 

 soil that has been made poor will, if let alone, sometime 

 become fertile again. But those species of birds, animals, 

 and fish which we have completely destroyed will never be 

 restored to us. 



