A FARMER’S FRIEND.
I hope Pukeko will not be on the shooting list this year. I have known the birds all my life (over 60 years) and I do not know of any mischief they do. I know, however, what good they can do, and all thinking farmers like them around in order to lighten our fight against insect pests. I have never had grain stacks touched by them and they are strutting round-the stacks every day. Further, if they did take a small quantity of grain I would not mind but would merely look upon such as well earned wages. — David Smith, Stonehurst, Masterton.
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Forest and Bird, Issue 17, 1 April 1929, Page 6
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105A FARMER’S FRIEND. Forest and Bird, Issue 17, 1 April 1929, Page 6
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