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Show HAWK IS MOST VALUABLE BIRD Sacramento, Col.. Nov. 23. "The hawk Is among the most valuable if not the most valuable, of birds that wage war against the fees of the farmer," according to a bulletin Issued Is-sued today by the California fish and game commission- It is estimated that in the course of a year every hawk or owl kills at least a thousand mice, rats or their equivalent, the harmful animal pestH Figured out in dollars and cents, basing bas-ing the computation on the theory that a mouse or animal pest does a farmer 2 cents damage a year each hawk and owl is declared to be worth Just ?20 to the farmer. |