| Show WILL WAR ON CROWS TO SAVE GAME BIRDS sportsmen plan campaign to wipe out pests ritts pittsburgh burgh pa investigations of the crow which have taken place recently on a scale wider than ever before have proven that lie he Is one ot of the most destructive creatures creature to useful and game birds and to poultry and crops in fact his depredations are so widespread and fraught wit with such evil results that sportsmen all over the country are banding together to shoot him so that tile the game which remains can have hava a better chance of coming to maturity A census taken amon among the game wardens in pennsylvania recently showed that an ov auvern eran helm helming ing number of tile men luen in the field were positive from actual observation of the destructive habits of the crow and they ad advised that campaigns be undertaken against him some naturalists natura lists have claimed that not only directly does the crow damage tile the farmer by attacking young poultry und and destroying crops but that indirectly he Is vastly more destructive ills indirect work Is done when lie he destroys millions of the eggs of useful birds and therefore prevents the corn coming ilig of maturity of these auxiliaries ili aries of the farmer who would had allowed to exist have accounted they bee been n tor for of insects in fact natu naturally naturalists natura ralls lists ts have that the insecticides would be farmers ers bill for I 1 greatly lowered were the crow pre vented from killing useful birds who are the natural enemies of the insect pests in the west hunters are employed employ td to kill off the predatory animals which proy prey on the cattle and gre great a t sums have been saved by their activities it appears that organized effort against the crow will also save great sums in other parts ot of the country it this particular menace to bled bird life Is reduced in numbers the various campaigns against the crow have followed ou on the heels ol of the great conservation movement tc protect game which Is now n ov finding such a response among sportsmen tn in at al parts of the country with the efforts made to provide proper refuges for useful birds comes the question of protecting their young ag the predatory creatures which prey on them |
