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Show Warning (iocs Out Against Poisoning Hawk anil Owl, In their anxiety to destroy rodent, thn farmer of Utah are unintentionally unintention-ally killing off their good friends, the hawks and owls, according to It, II. Hlddoway, state fish and irm commissioner, com-missioner, who la vending out appeal that morn care txi exercised In setting out poison for the gopher nnd field mtcn and other such destructive pest. Parley K. Hodge, game warden operating op-erating In Itlch county, I the most recent re-cent complainant on thl. account, a litter from hln havlnr been rrelvd by Hlddoway. In unison with other communication, received from other part of the slate, this complaint Indicate In-dicate that In setting out poisoned grain for rodent th farmer are too Indiscriminate and scatter It so that It Is eaten by thn hawk, and owl., with universally fatal result. Hawk, with the exception or two ' types, and all the owl tr helpful to farmer, Commissioner Hlddoway aaya, because they arn persistent hunters and detro)ra- of Held mica and rat and gopher. Th re are only two species spe-cies or hawk In UUh which are at all troublesome to agriculturist. It I stated, by reason or the fact they attack at-tack nnd destroy poultry, but these arn easily distinguished from the useful use-ful birds, and may be shot, because they arn not under the state's protection, protec-tion, a are the friendly and useful bird. Hlddoway Is making appeal to farm-era farm-era throughout Utah to exercise mora care. n setting out poison ror rodents, to the end that the helpful bird, may not be destro)ed at the same time. |
