The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, October 07, 1920, Image 4
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Friends of Agriculture.
Xational authority was slow to!1
awaken to the necessity for the protection
and conservation of bird life, j
But now this beautiful and utilitarian j 1
propaganda, strengthened by legal en-'
couragement and restrictions, is work-1
ing for the benefit of the Nation and
the race. The boy with the sling and
the pothunter are Incoming rare; the
outlaw sportsman meets swift retribution;
ignorance of bird life and its
value to agriculture is disappearing.
We have learned, or are learning-,
that each bird has its allotted work,
which it willingly and persistently
performs, setting us an example we
would do well to emulate, for it works
with a song bubbling from its throat.
Behold the vireo flashing among maple
leaves, or the swallow, swift corsair
of the air, the robin, the catbird
and the chebec at their work. Only
by unremitting industry do we keep
down the weeds which otherwise
would choke down and overcome the
needful crops, but with all our indus- <
try we should fail but for the assist- i
ance of the birds, which feed on seeds ;
as well as insects. But for the cease- ;
less work of these winged friends the
earth soon would become a devastated
waste by reason of the voracity of in-! t
eonceiveable insect life. It is the
birds which keep down the tent cat
erpillar, the gypsey moth, the cut
worm, the codling moth, the innumer-' j
able myriads of eggs and larvae which |
are found on trees and leaves and the ! j
stalks of vegetation. What these joyous
songsters take of fruit and grain
is negligible in comparison with the j
service they perform for the good tf!
us all. Hence ever}' farmer in par-;
ticular should know, as farmers are j
coming to know, that the birds are agricultural
aids to be appreciated and
protected by every possible means.? j
Cincinnatti Enquirer.
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Fruit Exports Increase?Imports Fall;
Despite the greater consumption of J
fruits in the United States during the I
past ten years, there has been a material
increase in American fruit ex- i
ports, while imports have decreased. |
According to figures compiled by;
the Bureau of Markets, United State:Department
of Agriculture, the average
yearly exports of dried and fresh J
fruits for the pre-war period 1910- j
1914 were approximately 504,911,000 ( j
pounds. With two low years the aver- j j
age for the period 1915-1919 was 518, i |
259,000 pounds., an increase of 2.6 m
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