Show SPARE THE HAWKS AND OWLS we wonder it if our utah farmers carefully noted the substance af a little dispatch that was ent sona from washington about a week ago loat L got bey oboy did not we repeat jim its salient points for it 16 alludes allude to a matter of at much importance dr arc C hart merriam chief of the division of ornithology of the agricultural department has baa been jar for several years engaged in examining and analyzing the contents of the stomachs of hawks owls crows crown and other birds supposed to be injurious to the crops and farmers the stomachs of over birds have been analyzed the results show that the popular idea regarding the injurious ravages of certain birds in wholly mistaken and that they have been the vio vie ims of an unjust persecution this has been found to be especially the case caise with hawks and owls 1 lor r the slaughter of which many malay states give bounties pennsylvania in two years gave over in hawk and owl bounties examinations of the stomachs of these birds proved conclusively clu that 95 per cent ceni of their food was field mice grasshoppers and crickets which were infinitely more injurious to farm crops than the birds themselves vea vex it was found that only five kinds of hawks and owls ever touch poultry and those only to a very limited extent this is in direct confirmation of the view this paper has many a time ex premised that instead of encouraging their belr ions and nephews and per ambulating ambula ting spectacular sportsmen to joy clay hawks and owls in proof of murde murderous roum markman the utah farmer ought to plead with the legislature for an enactment imposing a severe penalty for the killing of them useful birds all observation shows that where a hawk kills kill one chicken it destroys a hundred mice and Ropher go phera ej and whoever has ban watched the low graceful flight of the keen eyed and voracious bird and his constant attention to business need hardly be reminded that such sety service leb as be renders oan can be obtained in no other way florentino examination and recommendation men dation such aa 80 are intimated ablove come not dot a day too soon to turn the scale in favor of stopping the foolish and criminal slaughter of the agriculturist best beet friend until legislatures ian can be induced to act ace upon the matter ablio public sentiment ought to ro exert itself to the ulmot the slayer ot of hawks andi and 0 owls owl lit IR on D enemy to the common welfare biot I act him be clotted and reproved am ucb such even though the me poultry yard have bare to spare a downy chick now and then by way of dessert tor the feathered protectors prote otora of the field crop |