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Domestic News
September 15, 1868
The Charleston Daily News
Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina
What is this article about?
In the cotton region of Edisto, rice birds have shifted from eating rice to devouring caterpillars in cotton fields, providing useful pest control without affecting their flavor, though they are not considered fair game while doing so.
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The Caterpillar Outdone.—We learn from a gentleman from the cotton region of Edisto, that the rice birds, finding that their usual food has passed the milky state, and is becoming hard, have turned their voracious proclivities to the cotton fields, and are devouring the caterpillars in great numbers. It is said that their new food does not injuriously affect the flavor of the rice birds, but they are scarcely fair game when engaged in so useful an employment as the destruction of the caterpillars.
What sub-type of article is it?
Agriculture
What keywords are associated?
Rice Birds
Caterpillars
Edisto
Cotton Fields
Pest Control
Where did it happen?
Cotton Region Of Edisto
Domestic News Details
Primary Location
Cotton Region Of Edisto
Outcome
rice birds devouring caterpillars in great numbers, providing useful pest destruction without affecting bird flavor.
Event Details
Rice birds, finding rice too hard, turn to eating caterpillars in cotton fields.