54 THE ROMANCE OF EVERIFARM 



singing as they went, they constituted a great aerial 

 army for good if properly directed. 



Martin began his work at once, as he flew out over 

 the big herd of cattle and began gathering in the 

 cattle flies by the hundreds. Later in the day he 

 feasted on mosquitoes, and in the summer he took 

 a great fancy to the yellow cabbage butterflies, that 

 lay their eggs on the cabbage and cauliflower. 



Cock Robin made a rush for the garden and began 

 tearing out cut worms from the roots of the plants, 

 and it looked as if he would never get enough. 



Prairie Chicken and Bob White flew back to their 

 wheat field and began again to rid the field of Hes- 

 sian flies and chinch bugs, while back in the apple 

 orchard Reddy Woodpecker yelled, "Use your head, 

 fellows, use your head," as he drilled through the 

 apple-tree bark into the cocoon of a codling-moth 

 and began his belated breakfast. 



Everyone began work with a will. Every protec- 

 tion had been afforded the birds by the owner of the 

 big farm ; consequently they were all quite happy as 

 they began their successful campaign of destroying 

 millions of injurious insects during the summer. 

 This cooperative spirit of the birds made it possible 

 for the farm to produce great yields of grain and it 

 was this spirit of cooperation and brotherly love, 



