Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 141, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 June 1920 — Bird Neglect Is Short-Sighted. [ARTICLE]

Bird Neglect Is Short-Sighted.

The destruction of the quail is costing the wheat growers of the entire United States $100,000,000 a year—chinch bugs. Potato growers of the United States are paying out 000 a year for paris green to protect their potatoes from the potato bug. The quail, natural enemy of the bug, has been almost exterminated.