Birds of Ontario in Relation to Agriculture (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Birds of Ontario in Relation to AgricultureN O reliable estimate has ever been made of the annual loss to the farmers Of Ontario by the depredations of insects. In the United States much careful attention has been given to the subject, and in a report of the Department Of Agriculture at Washington, issued in 1912, Dr. Henshaw estimates the loss to the agricultural interests of that country at upwards of Our losses will certainly be as large proportionately. This loss is caused chie¿y by reason of an insufficiency of bird life on our cultivated lands, experience the world over has shown that as bird life decreases insects increase, also, that birds are more efficient in keeping down insect pests than are all other agencies, natural and artificial, combined.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.