Show ABOUT destructive BIRDS about a week ago one of our citi zens spoke to us about the damage done by sparrows among garden truck when it first commences to grow whole lows of radishes radi she etc being entirely cleared oe off by the little pests the citizens referred to slid said it would be a good plan if the city would appoint a day for all grow u to put out poison of some I 1 ind to kill the birds as that ii be a more effective way than a citi zen here and a citizens there putting out poison on different dan da s ind and some not at all we agreed with the citi zen that the sparrows s were tive but pointed out that there was dan gerof I 1 illma off the insect des proving birds and soi song g birds at tl e same time he heowener did not aggee with inith us in this saying it was only the sparrow and such like birds that devastated the guldens it is genera generally lh conceded that the english is a pest and a nuisance and it if this particular breed of birds could be exterminated it would be to the advantage of the farmer and gardner because il it we are rightly informed the english iN is an enemy to insect eat ing song birds and diminishes the number of the latter all sparrows are not the same the hedge sparrow for instance is insectivorous and a sweet little song songbird bild and there are othel sparrows which do not shale the reputation for destructiveness which is Ac accord cordeA fid their english cousin great discrimination is necessary to prevent killing friends with enemies many of the school hildren children do not I 1 now the difference beti between Neen birds that are ire the farmers friends and those which ii lie c his foes and probably there are some farm ers who ako albo lad lael thib this knowledge a bird may be I 1 billed because he pecks at a t ripe flint vet yet but foi the very cry same I 1 ind of bli buds ds there might not be any fruit on oil the tree or if any it would be diseased reading up on the subject lioves to ns us that where birds have I 1 een cen indis crimin abely slaughtered the insect pests have hane increased at rat uch a rate that man is almost at his wits enda to know knon how hov to comb it them it is not so many veara year ag that the song of the mod ing bird was nas common heie hele in the summer it is not so common now ine e believe it would be a good thing if children in were ere taught i school to distinguish be tween the destructive e birds and the beneficial ones u and not only the birds but their eggs too that they should be taught not to molest the birds or their nests unless certain they NN were ere the english sparrow or oti ott er or proven destructive birds this information could be imp imputed cited to the pupils in the aural districts NN where here it is the most necessary even enen if it could not be taught in the largen cities at the same u time children in ill the euial schools should be taught to treat the common toads and frogs as f 1 lends and not to hunt or molest them it if the boys and girls gnei 1 new what great friends to the farmel the toads and frogs are they would not huit them unless deiy ly cruel by nature and most children are not that a gemeril bud killing day would be a good thing we lie aie not suie guie about it because we do not I 1 now noni what steps would be tal ei en to prevent the good rod ind useful birds being I 1 billed along with the destructive ones es if poison was the means used f i 4 4 A |