| Show r i It Jr S RO u T G I Government through theiorJirht ijica bureau of the Department < oi I Agriculture < Ifas been fnqumnginto the habitsuiastesaad deportmeitl df I L the pugilistic little visitor froznBrJtain I 2 1 ihe English sprrowand has ascertained < i i that all are b q Ifwas expected when i th e sparrow was imported tha he would wax fat on the worms which ti inflicted the country while as a eo sequence se-quence the worms would grow lean and 8Circe The results have not been as i anticipated The sparrow has increased in-creased and multiplied amazingly and has waxed fat and saucy but not on a diet of worms He has lived on grain and fruit to the great disgust and cost I of the farmers and orchardists More i than this the sparrows have proven the friends and protectors of the de insects by driving away the birds which t live on worms As a consequence the Pi inaect pests have increased as rapidly m as the sparrows in the districts where the latter have located Government now proposes the destruction ofthe f I marauders and swill emplop r men to It tiain hawks for the purpose e the idea t being that an inaustrious hawk can i 4 protect a field of 250 acres against the r pests A better plan it strikes HS would be f to offer a small bounty on sparrow p heads and iturnthe boys loose with i1j snare nun nipper The imaging up ui a medal in this city last spring as a reward o re-ward to the one who would kill the most sparrows resulted in the destruction i destruc-tion of several thousands of the birds I j within the course of two or three weeks when the slaughter was practically discontinued owing I to the interference in their behalf I I be-half of some friends of the nuisances nuisance-s Had the work of destruction been continued con-tinued with the same degree of earnestness earnest-ness that was manifested at points today to-day the sparrow would have been a rara avis indeed in Salt Lake As it was t the evil was greatly lessened and it is r doubtful if it will ever again reach its I form rproportions The sparrowjmust go The people have so decreed and the government lends its authorization 1 I to the verdict extermination I |
