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Show 185 RAGS POISON 7,500 DEAD SPARROWS; $1,875.00 SAVED ? P Incomplete returns 'indicate tho upwards of 7,5.aO sparrows were killed kill-ed in the sprrow campaign work this spring in two towns, Mount Ples-ant Ples-ant and Fountain Green. About 150 Cfarmers cooperated in the campaign, fusing 185 bags of poisoned wheat. Government investigations Indicate 'hat sparrows eat 6 quarts of grain annually. This estimate In our opin-jon opin-jon Is very conservative. Not only . In the yards do they do damage, by ,5 robbing poultrv, hogs, cattle and sheep feed yards, but also In the tieUls, where they often occur In jJ.ense flocks and and devour entire P 'elds. If we figure the damage done s!-3y each sparrow, equivalent to 25 ;ents, the value of the sparrow campaign cam-paign in the towns to the farmers ii'3 "ere, would be $1,875.00.- Just a it-' ittle lessons in co-operation. "Trif-1-t'- es make sucess; but sucess is no trifle.. |