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Show SVARMiS UF WILL) UCCSC. Ono of tlio Terrors Wlilrli Ilcaet tho tThont tlionor In California. "I had an experience with wild geeso in California, mid II l'J 1 o hi.' that few, except thohu who 111-0 famlliur with them, can roadlly believe It, eaid State :'c;i.iUr Daro to a Snn l'r.tncibco tlxam'.Kr reporter. "1 own it ranch of foin Ucn thousand acres at Knli.ht'A l.andi.ir, on the Sncrtmento- tho Yolo ranch. I rjisc a great deal of whont, and every ycur na noon as tho wheat comcH up tho country is overrun vv Ith goose. I have neendiovcs of them two or three miles long, nml no thick tint tvhon jou hhoot into them with n rlllo you nro bound hi hit some pf them, rhey nro so plentiful that I nm obliged to lilrv hutders to l.eep them off. They nettle In grent bands. A band will sct-llu sct-llu down on five nercn, pay, mid you won't henrn quault nor n wjiiauh, hut tlio goo o arc thero and very Industrious, Industri-ous, and before you know It they have pulled up and enton every bit of tho (Train. They havo a skillful way of grasping the tondcr (.hoots in tliolr rrontlu) and pulling nnd relaxing and pulling ngalu till they ret tho swollen grains With tlio bladas nud then eat the wholo. A e.torru is almost sure to bring fthem In large numbers, but they often come in entirely fair weather. I keep many herders to drive them away. IX ' It were cot for thin I w oul n't have any '.Wheat. Tho men are armed with loud-'iptrntllrg loud-'iptrntllrg Unchestors and they keep shooting among them all the time. At nif'it t'10 fec&e don't bother, but early In fie 11 ir-dn nml all through the diy tin. litet.illy r.warra Tho herd-'nftra herd-'nftra if 1 out very early In the morning and Kitty all dav It la continual lxit-le. lxit-le. 'I ve ron uii'-t l)o kept g'dn'f all she t n - 1 v-.hi nt 1 giirc ihoil th" ir :i m p, , v lin? tliev i"t v.ry 4lo ntii', - 1 ic. Tuhe fno .11.1 or rj-lc-il nml. ir.'i with a Id1,' p'nw Sthet In-,' 1 )nr rrr-'H Tiny eomo 1'ii 1 . , 11' The Pr't ono ti a ion . i ,,". 'lh' next Ik a little vl l on till I'l" hist n.-,o is ' ( f tp i.v 1 carer t'lun the tirnt 1 . 1 ; 1 I'un'l notice t!db ' ',.. 1 i It tl.ci 1 in r ns he . ' nirital i a m ui' 1 y- f-l nvi.iy 111 1 1 11 i- j .. 1. ., v.nnt i'i- 1 In, 1 j ' , 1 11 bv t'mu-ii ' n 1 ,1 1 11 i. inv in 1 .. ii) ' .it 1 '. 1 1 . 'II ! n , I .i'l II ' . n . ! , It ,. I , sti .- t . d ' , 1 (i- a heivi In s if v nf- ... . toll. ,)l up .igaltijl 1'ieiu " ''I 1 TOT. V I |