| Show r I Communications From Correspondents I MOURNING DOVES AND STATE GAME LAWS The Th Editor Elor of ot The Till Den ret News Each ch day du now no the tl spUn dor of th the ld hillside bleak wind w und and Ild chilly chi drive the th birds bird illa and mourning doves l gather In vast ready rendy to begin tho tha migration tu to their winter home burnt U Is I It I not opportune tu to tho the economic of the Ihl mourning dove doo an end ml tho the game Kame law which allow nn an open bird semmeon IU On tor for time tho thO of If if this birdA A statute which hu ha aim HII 11 open opel season canon for dova 10 shooting n nt at ft least leant IClal that hat the bird hire Is II not lol appreciably ben batu edul but hUI let hat u 18 mis see rte The Tho port Poet has haswell well 1 the Ih farmers farmer curs cuu It I 1 ais n only n a 1 that tho I fell fellA fel A 4 downy anti tiny tin seed i And few fem f that thai Inv It I could tell that an nut al evil anti and pestilent It weed Would spring from that Ihl little Ille sphere phere i With Sith power porter to 10 pread nt at the tho root Till It II choked out nil al of pf cheer hel And rut cuI off nil all ni promise of oC fruit Is III the Ih farmer awa that Illat three doves cloven are arc dr capable of o destroying le 2310 weed Heed eds at RI a me meal Would he lie hI discourage the Ih inin lon who proffered to uproot WIt Yet Vet 11 the Iho law permit him In II hi his Ignorance to 10 kill ki the birds bird 1 InvestIgations Investigation made niale by Ir the bi hi biological I survey BunI prove proe time the mourning mOil rn 11 ilov ilove to 10 be b of ot Incalculable value 1111 The Tho h examination of oe 23 proven that hut 99 91 9 per pr cent of ot ltd its lB food M wholly holly of seeds need 11 lees lew than hal I I per pr c cant Mt being animal food fond fool Wheat hl oats nIB rye tc corn barl barll barley y and buckwheat were found In 18 11 of the and ond 12 33 3 per If cent of oC thus the total food however V T I Ihre of mf Ie this Ihl was wt grain picked up II In the hue Held fields leh ft r the th harvesting was wan W done don on leaving a it 1 hare barn S per cent destroyed which would hove have hA been of oC benefit to 10 man manTho Thin Tho Th principal and Ind almost almot constant diet of ot th the mourning dove dOIe however In is II the needs 11 1 of ff weed needs which emmett lute tute 61 fi 6 per pr cent of Its lB animal food slip up ply Ih Fonie Fome of o the weed welle seeds need eaten talen by ty the doves dove arm are Ir eo so minute that one ne would think only the tho Ihl smallest species of oe limOs birds mould olid try Ir to 10 gather them and then only when hen driven by b lack of oe other food In the Iho stomach of oC one bird Ukon IAIn In Inthe h hIhl i tim the Ihl biological survey lute vern found round jW seeds of tile tho yellow oln wood sorrel Oal strUts In another MOO seeds peed of ot barn grass crass gr B or fox tall tail and a third had en ten the following combination tion fn l r net I 2600 6 O seeds Feeds orange hawkweed O f seeds rd j hoary ho verv ln Verbena 9 teed Herl Cir clr IJO 10 10 seeds yellow sorrel strUts M 10 t seeds I I I pan Icum seeds feeds I b other oilier seeds seed of or va vs various A rious kinds 40 total 90 seeds Bleh Most Mont of oe Ihl fI weeds are aro Ir noxious to 10 the farmer fanner 11 mud 1 none non of oe them mute Il use muse useful III ful ful ui Think of It I 90 seeds peed at al n a I meal Suppose that a n mourning dove do spends HO ISO 1 O days dl In iii Utah Itah year car antI and A I hat It I rain eats only imly two 10 men In Inn II n day this would 11 lI 1 that hint at mt I tim Ihl each des destroys above nho rate mourning trays troys weed 11 crt Where Is ii R the tho workman who can cun do e di n I al much In Iii II utie summer In ono lean jeur alone ulon 1559 the 1 formers farmers of oe the tho United spent 6 for Cor Just Jut Much labor In lion Of tIm Ih 37 duve h I ox ex I d this Ihl summer slimmer I ho the majority con obnoxious seeds feeds 1 and uld itt Il fact U It I wile IS not hot until 1111 after time tho lio era grain In was wan Rt cut that I round found tOlli any 11 aim wheat it at sill nil After Aler that thAt specimen averaged 11 about RII as fol follows follows lows Two TWI wheat and ald 23 red redroot rr redroot root seeds reeds 5 wheat when I ele and 12 1 2 red rail root seed I 1 have hll never nr seen Been doves knock down standing sunlit as ia do rio the sparrows porro nd In fact have yet t lo to find evidence of or ones rating eating IA wheat wheal that Ihal I Mould been used by hy mini states tates forbid tho Iho shoot shootIng log Ing In of mourning ilor dOH thy Wh continue t tt I ills law hI yours our lLA T lA RI f |
