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Show UTAH IS A DANGEROUS PLACE FOR THE SPARROW The Feathered Pest is Puzzled Puz-zled to Find Harmless . Diet .ij Utah Is u mighty dangorous place for the Httlo English sparrow to ltvo Jin. Ho must cither forego his tnsto for wheat or bo exterminated, it np-I np-I pears from reports of tho county agricultural ag-ricultural agents coming In from nil parts of tliu stato. A stato wldo ox-tormlntlon ox-tormlntlon campaign has been Inaugurated Inaug-urated by tho county farm bureaus and tho days ot this feathered post aro doubtless numbered, R. Ij. Wrlgloy, county agent for Cache county, reports that four bush- ols of poisoned wheat has boon distributed dis-tributed with diro effects upon tho sparrow From Iron county, County Agent Esplln reports that 250 lbs. of poisoned halt has been distributed and that twelve farmors havo counted count-ed 2,000 sparrows killed. Tho campaign cam-paign Is progressing in Juab with good results, according to county agent II. D. Woodbury, whllo Agent Hurst ot Kano reports that 48 quarts of wheat haB had 'deadly effects on tho llttlo wheat stealers. In Tooele, County Agent A. L. Chrlstlanson has been working, making mak-ing it dlsagreedblo for tho pests, ito reports that 75 per cent aro dead and tho other 25 per cent don't know what to eat to keep on the safe side. In Uintah, J. H. Wlttwer announced announc-ed that the sparrows are about gone. In Wasatch, E. It. Price says that 500 bags of poisoned wheat have been distributed with excellent results, re-sults, and in Washington, J. It. Tippets Tip-pets declares that 90 per cent of the sparrows have been killed. A. E. Smith reports the distribution of 60 pounds of poisoned wheat with a large Increase ot the sparrow death rate and County Agent Thomas reports re-ports that 150 bags of poisoned wheat have been distributed In Weber We-ber county -'fillS! |
