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Show THE SPARROW A MENACE Tho English Sparrow has propagated pro-pagated so rapidly that it has become a terrible menace in the United States in a very short time. In 1851 an endeavor was made to populate a few city parks in tho eastern United States with non-migratory birds, and at that time tho English Sparrow was introduced into this Country. It hardly seems possible pos-sible that from these importations, importa-tions, comprising of a few hundred hun-dred birds only 57 years ago, that the species could have spread over tho entire United Stages, showing that their increase in-crease is very great. Very few farms in Box Elder County are free from this pest. County Agent Stewart is now planning a campaign throughout Box Elder County . toward the eradicatlonja'lhaEnsrlish.Sparr row. The poison, and instructions, instruc-tions, will be furnished free, and the farm bureaus will be asked jo co-operate in the solving of this community problem. Tho English Sparrow is not classed as a beneficial bird in any respect. It eats ycry few weed seeds and insects, but feeds primarily on tho grain fields", and in the granary bins. It also drives away the singing birds. Lot us co-operate in saving food stuffs, and preserve and encourage en-courage tho beneficial birds. |