| UID | |
|---|---|
| Digital Object Type | Manuscript, graphic, and printed material |
| Content DM Link | https://n2t.net/ark:/87292/w94746w51 |
| Type | Text |
| Description | A radio script written by George O. Hendrickson for the Junior Academy of Science Radio Program and presented on WOI and WSUI explaining the usefulness of birds. Hendrickson describes how birds are very helpful in controlling destructive insects and harmful weeds. Also included are details on how certain birds are beneficial in acting as scavengers to destroy garbage and dead animal carcasses as well as assisting in the elimination of rodent pests. Hendrickson also mentions other values of birds are the use of birds as game and for food. Additionally, one more benefit of birds is the act of bird watching and the enjoyable study and observation of a variety of species in the state. |
| Related Genres | Radio scripts |
| Sort Date | 1934-03-06 |
| People / Organizations | Iowa State College WOI (Radio station : Ames, Iowa) WSUI (Radio station : Iowa City, Iowa) Iowa Academy of Science |
| Time | |
| Rights | This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. However, for this Item, either (a) no rights-holder(s) have been identified or (b) one or more rights-holder(s) have been identified but none have been located. If you have any information that can contribute to identifying or locating the rights-holder(s) please notify the Iowa State University Library Digital Initiatives Program (digital@iastate.edu). (Rightsstatements.org InC-RUU 1.0). The original object is available at the Iowa State University Library Special Collections and University Archives (archives@iastate.edu). |
| Collection | Fairfield (Iowa) Bird Club Records | MS 386 |
| Box | 1 |
| Folder | 10 |
| Contributing Institution | Iowa State University Library Special Collections and University Archives |
| Creator / Author | Hendrickson, George O. |
| Contributors | |
| Topics | Beneficial birds Bird watching Birds--Behavior Game and game-birds Accipitridae | Hawks and Eagles Ornithology Laniidae | Shrikes Predation (Biology) Strigiformes | Owls Emberizidae | Sparrows Upland game bird management Insect pests--Control |
| Birds | Turkey Vulture American Tree Sparrow Downy Woodpecker Northern Bobwhite |
| Locations | Iowa |
| Map |
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| Extent | 6 pages |
| Language(s) | eng |
| Bibliographic Citation | |
| Date Digital | 12 Nov 2018 |
| File Type | image/jpeg |
| Hardware / Software | Epson - sheet feed/flatbed |
