Show r.- r. HOW SNAKES ES HELP FARMER r Man Who Knows Points Out How Valuable to the Tiller Tille of the Soil Soli Are Ae Their Thel Services w Snakes are are a valuable asset and there should be a campaign against s killing them writes Gayne T. T K Norton Norton Norton Nor Nor- ton in tho the American Forestry Maga Maga- zine sine The article goes on to show what the snake does for food conservation conservation conser conser- 1 vaHon b by wa ways s 's of killing rodents and m. m Insects the greatest enemies to grain grainS t S that man knows The public has become become become be be- come acquainted with snakes as never i before writes Mr Norton be because us of i. i the thousands who have have been engaged ged In the campaign for war gardens that has been c conducted by the national emergency food garden comm commission With this summer the millions of w war gardens sha have given iv nt the the e snake Iopu popular popular pop pop- u ular interest Tremendously increased a tillage e lids has l s. s bro brought ht people ople and s snakes akes r 9 together together- l Unless much education work Is done dolfe the numbe number of snakes that will willbe r be killed n next t year by the well veil f mean S ing but will be beri bev ri FF v ve a g Our Our sn snakes kesa are ea a national T 1 asse asset assets w worth orth rth many pany millions S of d and should be eon served The The rela- rela tion on they hey bear Dear to successful crops Is t- t 91 t U Important important- more Important mp rt nt than even t the average ve ag farm farmer f realizes es n |