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Show PREYS ON HARMFUL RODENTS According to This Writer, the Owl Is Really a Good Friend of the Agriculturist Superstition still clings to the owl, due largely to Ignorance and lack of discrimination. When twjllght falls the owl conies forth from some remote recess where It has silent the day In sleep, and uttering ut-tering a peevish cry, hurries out upon Its foraging expedition. As the tired farmer Is lost In refreshing sleep, this bird, against which the hand of man hns been raised for centuries, commences com-mences Its beneficial work which only ceases when the first rays of the morning sun come slanting over the hilltops, blinding its eyes and sending ft quickly to cover. The great orbs of the owl are remarkably re-markably developed and are keenest In the early hours of the night 'and morning,, when many harmful rodents are most active. Marvelous, Indeed, Is the sight that enables It to strike the tiny mouse In the darkness. Owls are the natural check upon this multitude, and tbns are of Inestimable Ines-timable value to agriculture. From an economic standpoint, it would be hard to find a more useful bird. Los Angeles Times. |