Show arounds aft gf 1 or avem tes 0 who ia 15 to Det determine emine le wat are vermin and who ia to exterminate them I 1 e ap f 4 I 1 4 sy by JOHN DICKINSON SHERMAN t I 1 HE nature loders bo U I 1 U aia a a society members wit and so am men I 1 are am finding 1924 A an exciting I 1 I 1 year they are still MITI discussing the f slaughter of the american smile eagle in fcc A alatka k where the inhabitants it have UL kalic killed if 0 0 0 of the peat great birds 1 in oa the last fie i e 3 I 1 8 tor for a bounty of SO go cents no and d a are now wor war sag ing over time tor for a hourly bounty of one dollar and add now w calie comes along another astonishing thing a palo against vermin initiated by a gum gunpowder powder into corn p ganv an an and if or promoted by ad advertising and prizes niall 1 the gunpowder der company poses us as a public bone baie farlor the opponents of the campaign that it I 1 is purely a commercial proposition one la Is a nationwide control contro ersy elay among a fill if elks classes sea aon on various aspects of the situation ft hot hat are am vermin which are the friends and add which the enemies macrui of it man mi arming among the balwas vario iia all mills awls and birds caidla condemned ld by the gunpowder company he as vermin who is 18 to dedde who is 16 to wage eg war on tha themi la 1 I 1 it it advisable to destroy natures store a balance Is the campaign beneficial or harlot harmful 17 the gunpowder company a list of odowl and b bird ads a condemned as vermin ff includes snapping boril toril turtle Wd woodchuck chuk porcupine bobcat red squirrel water waler wake make sol field d to rat t gopher weasel hunting bunting loo house critt cat great horned harried owl w owl goshawk cro crow crow blackbird starting starling english sparrow aher king kingfisher cooper i 9 hawk sharp hawk ex experienced p oriented woodsmen woodsman woods men bho ho are always practical t I 1 MAII na tu abts al know that a big snapping g tu tur Us tle eats mary many a duckling that a bobcat is a a pest that a 0 weasel Is a terror that some of the baak and t the a preat horned owl or are fair game that the rod red squirrel has as little to recommend him but they would wit not pick on the kingfisher they would admit 1 I tint the porcupine kills mary many t treba el and ad la in an itt unmitigated ailed nuisance in a c imp camp but t they oy would not MI have base it exterminated for far the 1 r reason that at it la in tile the only edible animal t that hat an unarmed d rudot tenderfoot lost 0 st and star starving lg in the woods a can and uj kill j the hurting hunting raid cat the house houe cat X gone wald 11 ia a a outlaw which has no fri frh ads among sp sportsmen shan old and few defenders even domm among cat love lovers it its der or are numbered nation nationwide ild legislation will before nf m louir terminate exterminate thin thia menace 1 to bird life the itie starting has few friends it if any eugene in 2890 brought bird birds to this eon arv and liberated tho them in central park new york lit cna from these then I 1 starlings have mile come the fhe millions that he have spread plead north west east and south smith in broider R B 1 I tor for example am great cout doam flocks this spring were using the state capitol as roost flur alnee alarm they apparently could old not W e kept hoof away and the store state house was nn an alfi w ft s mess mean insects insect I 1 theres them 8 danger me stark tell tella he n that the 1 Is man on s most deau dangerous crom enemy kad and etl all the reo turon of cloard are am a engaged in which warfare against the insect tribes which to d set eat up the world id birds bird are am nature a balance fi gaint the insects recognized ns as such by a document cut of a no jus part the than the internet I 1 od t treaty I 1 y betl between on the united states and canada th the e upsetting of rin balances balance la in the eat mal inal world he hao proved dan dangerous cernus by experience ah itte west indle indies imported liti ported the abou mongoose goose to tc ajl sm off the makes it also killed off all orwill animal life it le and and bird life fife australia imported rabbit and ad b bad ad to 0 spend millions to keep from being hagent out ofha of ahnne and home bonie the united called state has bai zepre corn naive I 1 law adre the I 1 importation ol of animal life if an and if they I 1 or are at enforced turned as ft mat at tw ter at 9 protection 1 I the die american nature la im one a of 11 the orgain low can concerned am ad oer caer the it its memelle ornan organ the nature magazine washington ban ba this to say aay arani other things whit what are kr mj which kr predatory 4 rm what was step itera should b take taken if I 1 ny m ad u beel member lr I 1 of the a 0 bird nd ad an world nd ad who be I 1 to in theae teft he th As chaa has bu an il adb do at tudy ady of 1 th a Is old nd tant at th a ai nl 1 bikle on it if 11 lint arm T gainal verroll I 1 it ad dvo cf tee th the promotion it of it vermin hunting olumn on tad I 1 cuffea note ea is the its erle er crest le lon of vermin 1 hunting we well A an v 1 iiams h b trea work out a blonea to bring about cone erlea II 11 act badon 1 I I 1 jhb vermin rot 1 in th ill inter ter pata six of I 1 chii he bw barmer 1 end and the th SPI rall incidentally the Ite pg will ill m late in the T or for or th there r hie hae arleen how wide it in art frt baul al 01 0 l ot if to th united called staten state department of As agriculture ft 0 that t curtain of the barda V hated led balao ab an should old not I 1 be widely d killed kallel at in tha same I 1 time they ailtee the that some nom of da ahe birds bird and anlin st ala le or are predatory was old be isda twi the 1 Is du disagreement OB well antus among the alroid I 1 the a tsa various arion barb and between tar law relating 1 to ayame and ad firearms the association made inquiries in the states and found that the lawa iowa relating to the up open thery carrying beg of ft firearms beare from strict atilt p prohibition except durl luring g the hunting bunting season to no restriction beatti it at all 11 the lewe laws and to op more as aa to the tennis in ast jet wry very BB as widely I 1 in virginia for instance li usta the department of gamb and inland flah tol bad be instituted I 1 rould a crip campaign in tor far arrain control aral in advance of the gunpowder company here bard 1 la the department i statement Ws we believe that test the mattear of vermin reel control 1 1 in anietta Ani art erta he has nr never I 1 heretofore artt received I 1 the im proper attention 1 aid 4 that a 1 control I al of 1 in tha vermin which 0 prey r up upon fal wild life and ad a ram birds bird and ad animal or Is juat t a necessary ci I for I 1 their I 1 conservation I 1 rl r l a R baum at 1 be ha on d 0 rewo ri in the interest tot I 1 of the lunter im ur Is WB arc not at unmindful I 1 of if the fact fac that at I 1 or of the bawlf a and a some am of at the owl re 1 probably Plo babl more b lad than the harmful fu wo we do not lot believe it 1 Is 1 pon no Bibla ml nor or would we d leare to a or a say ther a at bird or we do ballin t b greatly tl rod rods reducing s the the number of pr predatory tori birds bild and we can effect a great olt ing in useful 1 wild can al am it life W we aft find BO t to 0 1 l two schoola on of t thought h tn 1 athla bi at matter r one headed ad and domna dominated sl by all ultra th theorists hua and outlets the other by in the dead a arao 1 man who he has no vision w id and often walks walk over I a P precipice b before for ho he sees 61 6 1 it we ball bellevo the there 10 1 la a m middle dil ground upon pon which or practical wild 12 I 1 soon IT ivel I vel oad so ter far as we w can we prop propose to do late allows the licensed hunt hunter to 0 kill bill at any time all the birds bird on an the gunpowder guip do company s list except the kingfisher pennsylvania Pation alve 1 opposes the campaign gohlob jh laws allow the killi tut of it the chicks chicken book blue eawh ban k coopers hawk warp ad d hawk great horned owl mal eng em and goshawk tennessee protect prot ecta only tile the W and the game war warden a states u that it h lias am fils aldava fiva been permissible to k kill owl Is crows clowe blick lAid and ad h hlas hawks las he ad they arc I 1 dadi deadly y enemies alls to the quail in ID new hampshire there Is 1 a bounty oil ed bobcats nature magazine ling ime goes on to say beyond these it on am id II there theara I 1 inflation IT of it freater importance ipa ce they ar it queen loir of principle nd ad i IT one on effect eff it of tot athla ci c I will be to I 1 lafae 1 in the eibl and wood wooda outside told of at the hunting 6 reabon aoh ooh thousand wit with h S kun on an their ehin r ready d to shoot it and ad and I 1 out wiot what I 1 they hot afterward it wit will imm b ic increase the 0 I 1 blur b lur me do to the tramper the picnicker and ad the p ax automobilist from the th air tray and ad 1 directed d ahot J and how man joany who al aa would an r g 0 intent so TY 1 wl PI P I could 14 tie be trust trusted to apara benr I 1 or lux handle rals pact e aln tirs I it to la difficult j 1 eten 1 for the be naturalist not at to I 1 AI gal h the tha different Is or of haws haaka on I 1 the tha win at dunaho hi renira for 10 iles killed prep only oly one will bo be put turtle the th because base I 1 nature lure s endowed nd d him with an tor to flah fish usually minnows 1 we roay mads buffer 01 because he be ab on an in the maroul or preserves nature at truck 1 la the lid lit if world 0 created id friends and ad ener e oleg or protectors tr old and atit jackera and ad lliso liberals 1 in a an ats N use existence of wild ill and furred bell beings 1 ds danger sr in attempting to change that balance except I 1 1 I upon th copt ill pon of evidence danger lurks lark BI 1 well I in in the so authority gis alven the 1 local I al dealer to determine shethar in the evidence bout by con I 1 Is 1 really I ly what it 1 Is presented to 0 o be V val tobi mb r of if to the bir bird 0 or animal iw old baat may be gilted kilted and ild point on mis to tha ih core of the conteas so set imer im hoot er a r the th american nature at ald defill ly in I 1 aart i of I 1 alwan par h in I 1 na ta prop erly restricted bated and A with 0 proper for ha abuaf 0 the th evidence today do however ow 1 1 too to in d and doom opinions too varied led to are brant 1 to a pow low dr der I 1 company authority to doctor declare open war up upon any group abatu ot of eg fa froin reading fild a ot the hundreds ot of dalu columns b be ing printed I 1 in the lh pre of the flit coant it appears that the controversy be ban becom became laly centered mim the cro crow tile the 9 pro old ana of this feathered defendant are being weighed in the wale bcalel of popular opinion and it way may t lis 1 aid I A right gh ib here that this thin allried bandit in zhiming black bi 1 as an in forel log defendant he if has he iwen been clever ch ler enough an sh to survive and increase far notwithstanding the abet at lung of the country he 11 has be learned ad the ways way of own man and he haa adopted adapted himself to changed rem coo did 11 he known know front from far afar whether when a man eav cal ri alea etick or 9 gun tie ha patch perche fl on oa maue crow ff he ma low dmn guarda tn B cornfield ft 14 afi up to a fi fire T b I 1 are captained co coca ni 0 D e B hold 1 me I 1 in lown berm that blacken field they iney nave have and anyone who take cra cron coment cannot can converse canse se utter a fashion of their M own la 11 not 11 1 familiar 1111 with 11 their 1111 11 ways way the count counts in the indictment nt 0 filut the crow ar ore me many ny T the e to farmer charge that he can devastate a a field of young runs earn corn in less lees time the than it taken to pa plant at it I 1 that thai he be eats cut fruit and melons at and d vegetables age t able that he attacks young hekers lo in the no barnyard that he be even plucks out the eyes a of mired and sportsman say my that he be hunts out the nests deals of quail old and eata earn the ego egea nature lovers lovere sense accuse him bill ot of preying on the young of birds and of small wild life in Mud madison kent and antelope counties ot of nebraska Heb the farm carmera he have an idea that the crows cholera choler go germa they hey have tailed failed to get the legislature to of ter fer a ten chat ceni bounty BO an they have established BD an annual 1 I crow round dp up d last yen year they killed hilled 13 ersome crows this athla year our hunters border 1 in two do days killed end and retrieved 17 old ann a few ew over law th crown feet were put on an exhibition th taff town ot of tilden played host bol there was a line banquet quat a a theater perry party and a deal the for far west and southwest hove a very cry different feeling about the crow Us he IB protected in california and group of neighboring states the tha humane human man association of at calfi CIl california fI top representing 30 80 allied humane organization called upon the gunpowder company to t close its unwise unwarranted and ad cruel contest and withdraw tie ita offered pria in as association ac tation bag the opinion of state let scientists that the be crow does doea ter tar more or good than bet harm manifestly the crow it 11 lie be 1 18 to be acquitted b bo lore fare the bar ot of public opinion must be proved to 0 be a champion destro destroyer ilay of 0 T gilbert 1 I an president of the national association of I 1 audubon societies declares tb the accused iad 1 la not at altogether I 1 bad bird it if tr he w were bet better tod understood tood he would have rahe mote I 1 than toes he eats are kneat 1 many I nar harin lul I 1 Ina ecla cl and ad 1 in it this way war makes itin ends a I 1 for him big at lir in it the TO the or crow 1 an ason economic ic mawr I 1 in farm life abd alia present 1 I nl d ITT 1 to the recalls recall the mob b spirit which ws rs ii q iropoli hi roused against lost th pelican for or 1 ita 1 legendary der ravage upon 0 flab fes the mart court of last resort sort I 1 Is a undoubtedly I 1 idly taj tb united states department of A agriculture gri cultum that department ban baa issued a bulletin by B E aft R KI kalm bulb bach of the bureau bureada of biological su susy survey sy so some ot if it uie complaints against the erm crow mr kalmback says sava bre are well wed I 1 nigh high traditional white a few ot of its beneficial habits habit hite have long has been matera te term of if common knowledge irreconcilable differ difference aces of opinion regarding the eme crow 8 5 worth have of odea be been the rule is ngoong g residents resident of a community old and it he hab bee been only recently that sufficient TOT liffor bation has been assembled from most parts of the birds range to allow a thorough study of its lt habits ambit I and he goes on ma what want bird onto e or 11 saw dean not lot eat 11 t the first on quei t alon to be answered WI 1 in an inquiry binally mb into II 11 ita am jetam tatus about 28 per par cent 1 I ol of the he yearly I 1 too food ot 1 the dull adult era croff consists of animal matter to in a w are bound ou insects t a oven analla r the ia of 1 reptiles lot I 1 I 1 I 1 amphibian lb 1 0 wild bird anil ad their age aega poultry and thor their arga mall mil stid no carrion over two thirds d ol of the aut animal food Is i 1 1 bout lith of the whole diet of 1 the crow 1 lg of it me insects and ad cheso in 1 include i 1 many 1 or of the tha moat at d de peats past with which th the far farmar a has 1 to d deal betia beetles of vartoui 11 ki kinds constitute halt about 1 7 6 per par eat 1 I 1 he d alo a a I 1 lot acme b TIOW nonie neutral son and ou others noi e which nice up in ahe major portion highly injurious II including Odi ar cpr ito lo 10 1 ceata cuata I and crickets 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