R-U.S.JT, 4/11 



.>,^.T kinds of birds are knoTO to feed on cotton-boll weevils 



chief anong which are the orioles, which pick the weevils ri.'n out if ' 



to new fieidsf ^ ^ ' °' ""'"^'^ ''"^^'^^ '"^'^^ 



Ever-/ da7 the birds are ^ousy. Rain-crov/s, or cuckoos feed Ipr-.^iv 



c^Jor^o^^ra t:r"ther."°^^'^^°^:^ ''^^ fuz..-v.;z,- wor^^r^t^he X'" 

 ZZJ T f ^•''^'^^ ^P^^y ^^i^^s Just the same. Tien of course 



^^r^Jr^'^r^J^'^r^'': '^'^ eatin,has a^wivfbeL 



»exj. ^avertisea. From a tnird to two-thirds of the food " 



tiioker, ..as been knovm to eat as many as 5,000 ants at a single m^al. 

 nectar S'lo^e^s^Itc' ni!? '"^'^ T *° ^'^'^ -"-^ - 



.sects. „Mc-n f.e-S-£:i ^ S^:n^"S?r;/tt:s^i:aVles. 



ha™ oaUnf cuu\>aJor'™?r'j^'°' thrashers do .ore 



they can sin^f yIu U? w ?o t° """^^ Insects. But 



.0 .uch the.^Inv[?: ^^^^TL^Z^^ *° ^-"^ 



■oush. IS;wS?ra*u:e?u? Mi'ffs'^Jt^ L're t'" '"'^ ^= "^'"^ 



over in the other end of the co J?y! ^""^ ''^^ i« 



If that'^:ors:ppi;'j; =Menf dl'^^" -P:?!^'- 

 they ^ attract see - ^.e^i^ :!,t:::t:Js^tf do^^r^^^ 



You »ay"b; aWe'l^^ef rid'o" " *° ^-^^ 



But you cantt creatf the the kinds you don't want if they do show up. 



He says that on Se'^^e^^j^li^df Lr-oetfLi 



they do°Lourrs'n^S' ™^ ''T ^'"^'^ '^^'^ ^ '^^'^ But even 



it Is .ome?i.;es no^ssSf to w.i7..'° ^^^^^ ^et too n«„erous 



places set too^LntiSl --or Thf T T*" °^ blackbirds also i 

 insect-eating birds 'f,,-?. ^ut in the case of 



getting aheS 'ftoi l^ZT'''' ''""^ " °f ti>- 



nest boS ?or'them"'*«Srt^e'cfT* ^-^-1 »irds, is to build 



United States De-,ar nenrof^rlc Itl^l'^'^^^v"' 



It tells ho>v to build ?he.? if i^:"^ f >'"lletin on "Homes for Birds." 



nost likely to take to t'^ WH te . ° 3°=^*= =° «^at the birds will be 



1.0 inem. Write .or Fanners' 3-alletin No. 145S-F on 



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