Ogden Daily Standard | 1910-01-20 | Page 1 | Sparrow No Good

he attacks and drives out of parks and shade trees. After having learned all this about the sparrow, the department of agriculture agri-culture shows a way to destroy him. He will roost In boxes that may bo put up to make his capture easy. He may bo lured to spread grain and shot and killed In other ways or may be poisoned. Wheat soaked In fttrycb-nlne fttrycb-nlne Is said to be preferable. This method has been adopted In California where it was necessary to protect ripening rip-ening fruit. Pirate of the Air and' Should Be . Killed Washington, Jan. 20. Tho English sparrow is the plrato of the air. Just as the rat is the free hooter of the earth, and ou?ht to be exterminated. So rules the department of agriculture, agricul-ture, In a bulletin Just published, which also tells how to get rid of him. He studiously hunts and eats Insects which are beneficial to plant life while he passes over more or les6 those which are harmful. The only good thing he does Is to oat the seed of weedo and prevent their spread. Aside from that there is nothing to bo said in his fnvor. More than that he is murdero-js. He hunt3 the nesting places and destroys eggs and young blue blrd.i, nous wrens, tree swallows swal-lows and barn swallows. The robin, tho cat bird and tho mocking bird 4