Excerpt from The Crow in Its Relation to Agriculture: Is It a Farm Pest?In sections where woodlands are close to farmyards containing exposed nests and young chicks, the destruction of a few crows' nests will greatly lessen depredations on poultry. The success of this measure lies in the fact that most of the crow's raids on the poultry yard are prompted by its desire to secure food for its young.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.