Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 548
n survivors of 1848 whohad seen the destructive insects destroyed by thebirds. A descendant of one of these pioneerswas the designer and sculptor of this monumentwhich should remain an object-lesson and re-minder of the debt the farmer owes to hiswinged friends in checking destructive insectlife.… … reached New York, Paris, Leipzig, and the othergreat fur marts of the world. In comparison with this, a live animal brings from$1000 to $5000, with occasional exceptional prices,as high as $7000, for particularly fine specimens.A pure black animal brings the highest price, andthe value grades down…
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