Author: Wallace B. Grange

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-10-26

Total Pages: 66

ISBN-13: 9781527733589

Excerpt from Improving the Farm Environment for Wildlife Early every F armer delights in the lusty whistle of the bobwhite from a nearby post, the cheerful song of the meadow lark from the hay meadow, the rapid scolding calls of the killdeer as it swings about overhead, and the songs of many other birds, which he deems his friends and for which he invents picturesque names. Almost every farmer uses thoughtful care in protecting the homes of birds and mammals, often taking great pains to avoid destroying some tiny nest. No group of people more enjoys con tact with living things than do farmers, nor is there any group from whom an appeal for wildlife protection will receive heartier response. It is in the farmer's power to increase vastly the wealth of inter esting wild creatures that, by sharing his property, bring him color, song, and sport. Most farmers find in this mere companionship sufficient justification for conscious effort toward the increase of wild life, but they need not forget that tangible values also are involved. Many of the wild creatures, for instance, are definitely allied with him in his battle against insect enemies, and others furnish salable products. Since, therefore, there are economic as well as esthetic factors concerned, the deliberate encouragement of many forms of wildlife may be recognized as sound agricultural practice. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.