SIRS,--In the Vosges mountains in France during the first World War earthenware pots especially designed for sparrows to nest in were to be seen on the walls of a great many farms and I have no doubt the practice still persists. These served a double purpose, for they not only kept the population of House Sparrows in check but they also supplied the farmer with food. I was told t h a t the nests w...
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