Show Toad Ho s Into Favor As Friend of Farmer arner f ii 1 HB HE III despised 1 toad loaf which Is 11 sold said 1 1 T to be he b h babou much misunderstood l I is abou ut to 10 ho hoj int into o prominence t and profit If the plats plans of nil ar urn Ura Dray an nn J gardener of wid In III Australia Au tint and New dew ew are aro successful Mr tr Urn who arched a 1111 1 In III New X ew York rk last week w fk I shims to be the th only onh sales aIM In III the world He lIo will go first to 10 Washington to 10 get gel Information fr from m this the department of agriculture ns as n to In thin the extend of the ravages of lit hue I life In ht the lice farming districts of the lite Slates Kioto In 11 tho afflicted localities I ties flea he will start arm arias In n which ho lie expects to breed one on million toads It U Is amazing said Dray how lion even Ien with all nil the tho govern government government ment nellt aid add they reecho receive In agricultural education know so su little about tho the value of lit the Iho common toad toed or how mulch much thin tads useful creature and protection cllon If It I thought your American humorists would not ridicule me Inc too mercilessly 1 J would 1 advocate and I 1 do du Intend to 10 advocate the tho organization of H a 1 so 0 clety for the thu protection I of the tho toad lond but bUI 1 I can an fancy the tho Ih way the tho changes could be lie rung on tn my being hopping toad because the Idea dea dirt did not appeal or how sonic some of the funny funn men IIII ht j I us ns wax once dona dono in Mel bourne hourne that a n better helter name nomo bo ho 0 the Ih society for Cor the thu II propagation Prep of ut ofa wart a rl TOADS 1110 1 J will stand tand the Iho un t n If It I Ican can cnn convince the farmers that thai the toad In Is I their friend and the enemy of or Instructive Insect Inner t life lite Cutworms that destroy delro of dollars worth of wheat and rye ro stalks are art Its favorite food tood find and after the Ito cutworms como come the tho lent font caterpillar thin tho weevil 1111 the grasshopper anti and the Iho cricket The Th food capacity of our aliI friend Is I prodigious In tho th stomach of sine one ordinary sized toad there were ere found 77 7 worms In another 21 22 gypsy moth caterpillars In another 90 all taken with in seven hours hour It Is le estimated that ono toad loud will devour In 30 days das cutworm 1000 ants lee au weevils ground beetles anti and GOO COO These Thc nr are arn all harmful Insects to vege eKe tation and Ind nature seems to have ha created In the toad an for them rather than for the tho beneficial hen Inserts insects The moth moths one of the Ih greatest pe lards IllIs t we wo have hae Is I a special tidbit and U le I eaten a ten In vast ORt numbers NO so If it you OU multiply the stomach capac ity It of one toad by II the tho stomach capac ity It of other toads you OU will see eco 0 what can and will be accomplished If these t little mile creatures are arl properly bred breI and protected They have ninny many enemies eco nil which embrace tin till marsh ma P h hawk owl 1111 crow decks dUlk Reese and the tho Ih guinea fowl tul The Tho Th domestic fowl fol feed feedon on tin n the tadpole Thousands of toads are arn killed by I lawn mowers and Plows 11 but there Ih r U la K H terrible l wanton slaughter lall by hy boys ho which Is I ont one of nl tile the things our proposed r society odI will reel undertake to too overcome o by h n campaign of education TOADS COME eOm IN 11 ENGLAND la K H high n R as 11 IL shilling hilling hiss has ha been ben raid laid l by b for fill n toads loads The number of trade toads In the tI of U Is nearly n as lilt small an as It IH is In Australia and arti allI lI i ln nan has boon haen Introduced I 1 have studied the th situation In III this thiN country through and anti report but hul now no I 1 nm here fur for fora furn a n practical tour of inspection with this the Idea of If educating tho Ih awl the Iho gardeners as all to tn the tha of or the i toad loud and how ho It II may mIL bo be bred and for There Is III peculiar I And most rno t Interesting about thu homing In III Instinct Instinct of this little understood animal amnia There Is I no question but hul that tha t It II lives to ton ton ton n grout groat roul huge age and that It remains year our after year In thus the same locality Evl II dente en has halO been sent 10 to mo m that two toads occupied In two differ different different ent towns In lu fur for 12 und and 13 23 3 years resi respectively A breeding place may mA be he established for toads lN near a IL shallow hallow pool of water where the supply Is constant They ore are not nol not the Iho fn f h a j I the water 4 needed only nl for rt breeding ii I purposes Stagnant rather than Ihn run ning water OUr In is desired d Sono Somo objection to 10 this leas has been made on the tho ground that It II would bu he a H breeding place for far mosquitoes III II II ue It I is III entirely possible that the tilt tadpole Oleto would devour the uI to tu larvae and anti In ht any case cape the tho young R j toads will leave leae I He the water lator by h I mer nier or before the Iho mosquitoes became when the pools may mRY be 11 I 1111 nod Artificial l shelters may b be erected for toads In gardens g These am are mado de by h digging shallow holes and und covering thou thorn partially with H II board or that Hat stone alone An As a destroyer de of snails weevils and Injurious turns forum of animal and Insect Ins Ct lift bb that Infest gr there Is III nothing In IR the world to com corny compare tiara pare In value Iolue with the llie common toad load In the tho Rouen entomological laboratory an nn uncountable of f was exterminated 1 by b the thc Introduction of and 00 90 frogs At Malden Maldon Mass Man Massa Mann a n collection of orchids valued aIU at nl WAS w as severely HeWN Injured through th the at lit tacks bf m and sn 1 ao bu Fifty I toads beds were Introduced 1 and the Iho from this cause au ceased within 16 is days du Tho common greenhouses rose roan It se wt weevil can bo be exterminated rapidly by Iy toads toad My tidy Iy plan Is I to arouse florists and farmers farm to the Importance o 0 of the de do destruction of or noxious Insect In life Then I will establish a farm or a u colonizing tract for the breeding of tho the toad and I expect t within one year that I 1 will I haws have more than Ihan a million I J should say Hy H y 5 nl a H hundred 1 t would Illy t al y mo 1110 H x handsome profit My I hop hap ho toads tenths will 1111 h 1 bo 0 the real hop pers pera ax sit they ore are known In the Ih Atlantic states state and on the Ihl Atlantic scat bond board and ail I t hope holl within two years arll to 0 demonstrate to 10 the of the States that lust they thy have havo hR ono one of nf tilt flip th best 1 friends In the toad load one who ho Is In harmless and nev ir cre re a u wart on a u human being |