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Waikato Argus, Volume V, Issue 372, 26 November 1898, Page 2 (Supplement)

" A Friend of Birds suggests as follows:—Every thoughtful or observant person must admit that as an insect destroyer a bird is the best of friends to the orchard aDd garden; yet bird depredations are often so great in the berry and fruit seasons that the owner of orchards or gardens finds it necessary to protect himself by destroying his other -wise helpfusßttle friends. With a little forethought and observation he could upare his friends and fruit as well. A row of mulberry trees near an orchard will famish fruic for all the birds in the neighbourhood. The trees are inexpensive and of quick growth, and thfi fruit is preferred by the birds to any other. With mulberries at hhnd cherries, strawberries, and blackberries will not be molested. The expense will more than be made up y the fruit saved from Ihe birds, who are nature's protectors of fruit, tree and vine from their insect foes.