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Show The Itof tlia I mtm, A farmer once told tho LliUner (liat there wa nothing In tho Wot Id tliat would kvip crow outof a field of young com except a lirtnx man or root! lxed boy with a gun. IIo hnd tried all miic ncr of Karocrows that rcr wero In vented, and hung atringi alwut In all tort of ways, and the wliehlrdicatno In and pulled cp the com Jtut tho aaroe. There wa ooco a time, when people firt thought alxiut It, when a white atring around a field would keep out crow they thought tt wa a trap, flat It touk tho whole tribo only a jcar cr two to eo through thl derlco. A doal crow hung up by tlo ft will care away omo crow no doubt fo male, of a upentitlon turn of mind bat It won't keep off tho canny ol 1 ajuottlc among them. A farmer whom the LUtencr knows once ha! a shepherd dog who, at the command "(Jo down And keep tho crow out of the cornfield," w ould take chargo of tho flel J an 1 Livp away every bird of them effvctually, Dog, eapeclally colllo. might bo trained easily to perform thl doty, though oo-caalonally, oo-caalonally, no doubt, tho crow won) 1 divide their force and giro the dog more work than ho could do. Few of our farmer, by tho way, realize tho amount of help In their work that they can get out of a good dog, Uo ton Traa script. |