Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 170, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 July 1911 — Birds for Mosqailtoes. [ARTICLE]

Birds for Mosqailtoes.

Experience of the past few days has convinced everybody that the scientific war on the mosquito Is a flat failure. Insectivorous birds are the only remedy, and not all of them like mosquitoes. The swallow, which does, Is not a street dweller; the night hawk flies high and Is a rarity, and the bat Is promptly driven out of every house he enters. What’s left but to slap and scratch?— Brooklyn Citizen.