| Show TALK ON THE SPARROW Prat Prof S S If Jr of rn Address Addresses es et of elf ir Teachers At A t a meeting of tho thin teachers of ot thom the public schools h ld ut at the time LaFaYette Prof S II H Goodwin Coo of or tho thu Agricultural college Logan delivered nn alu address on out The Thuit Sparrow rIme Tho bunch h of or activity that Is the tho special atom aim of ot tho the nipper Hipper ot or nearly every ever boy bo III hi tho the community auld and who o eggs Ins are ale secured by b the time thousand tot foi tho bounty paid by tho state stull wan de ule by b Prof Proto Goodwin an as a ml houto sparrow rather than English slat spai row Among tIme the by b time tho speaker wore were tho thu th following Tho sparrow is not hot a II native bird It was first imported in lit 1850 1860 but these bIrds dIed Tho The Importation of oC ISEI thrived nul a Ii 1 multiplied fill I The TItu importation un lion tion of ot 1872 1873 gave to Utah this undo unde undesirable peat hosta a pest that has cost tho country millions of or dollars They rhey luava huo spread to all nil parts part of ot tho state Thoy They iro aro preeminently a II town toiva and city elt bird birti They Timey arc aro found wherever l human beings 10 Thoy Ther aro a 1 bird Vile The amount ot of grain consumed by voracious feathered pests l Itt Is enormous Its IL food however Is I not confined to hI It is destructive to t mill all lIar gar den dell products They rhey have hae no rio song hit His characteristic habits are aro of ot a lIb ills nature He lie Is III preeminently a u scrapper Ho lie thrives drives other othor birds IN ay not lIot by hy open manly fight hut hill by II petty annoyances until the Ito honest loaves leaves that part l art of or time the country They uro ore tho thu street Arab among birds Their its lure are Quail found 1 almost where In trees among vines sines In iii eave cave ca troughs In bird houses Their eggs number from three to seven sOen and amid they thoy aro all nearly ns mis prolific as us pigeons The Mart Start nesting in March anti and rear ream 1 ninny broods during this tho summer Thom The young are uru Ill tho tIm most niost t hardy 1 ot or birds bird ThU hardiness Is due to the lie act fact that they tile uro are till that product of or generation ot living with tho time enmity of or all ull living creatures against them Thoy hJ have havo adapted themselves most readily to their environments |
