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twenty-six and thirty. At another time 
a pair of robins carried to their young 
forty cutworms and caterpillars in sixty 
minutes. A pair of robins with four 
young will eat two hundred and fifty 
worms a day. 
Are not these facts strong arguments 
in favor of my position ? Are not birds a 
necessity to horticulture ? Ought we not 
do all that we can to preserve them and 
induce them to nest about our grounds ? 
The craze for stuffed birds and bright 
feathers to adorn the hats of the ladies, 
has nearly extirpated some of our choicest 
songsters of the groves. Now that the 
fashion has changed, there will be a 
chance for the birds to increase and mul- 
tiply. Another fad has done serious in- 
jury. LI refer to the efforts of boys to 
gather together a collection of eggs by 
robbing the nests of our little visitors. 
The eggs are prized for awhile, but are 
soon broken and wasted. 
Let me strengthen my case by some 
