Show v Dont Doot Kill Tho The Sparrow Perhaps no bird has been so maligned maligned ma ma- so misrepresented and so slaughtered as English spar spar- row The state of Utah set a bounty bounty bounty boun boun- ty on the little bird and boys delight to slay him and collect the nickles Now comes the U. U S S. S Department o of Agriculture with the information that tha the sparrow is one of the best friends friend the farmer has around The sparrow sparrow sparrow spar spar- row klIs kils more per bird than any other enemy of the tho alfalfa pest An effort will be made to have th the I next legislature repeal the law which pays a bounty for killing the bird The Tho following is quoted from a circular letter sent out by the Department Department Department De De- of Agriculture The English sparow presents a I problem In Utah somewhat different from that in many other parts of It Its range slate state Department Bulletin No issued and it must b be placed place very high in the tho scale of weevil weevil weevil wee wee- vil enemies There Is no bird which the people of Utah are more interested interest interest- ed cd in than this much criticized foreigner As a result of the examination o oa of ofa a large number of of stomachs o of English sparrows by biologists of th the Department with a view of Ing lug the tho relation of the tho bird to th the alfalfa weevil the sparrow Is classed classed classed class class- ed as one of he greatest bird enemies of the destructive pest It was no not only found that the adults eat th the th Insect in large numbers but that a large percentage of the food of th the tho young consists of the weevil n 0 |