Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1842-05-09
AGRICULTURAL.



Mr.. EDITOR the season has again arrived
when the fenhered tribes begin to make their
appearance amongst U.S. l wish 10 say a few words
on subject that has received the attention OF far
ADLER pens than mine but q wish TO cast my mite
into the common treasury the score of human
n.y. has induced me also to put pen to paper We
oil know that from the time when these little
harmless friends Of the farmer first arrive in the
spring, until the day of their departure in the au
tumn, they made the subjects of an unceasing,
bitter persecution, merely for the sport and fun
OF the most worthless part OF community. These
valuable servants of the lnrmer, who work Tor him
day after day, aud receive nothing for their labor
securing his fruit and crops from destruction, are
killed off just for sport aud reckless spirit of
destruction is engendered, which, in the young,
! is often the fruitful source OF crime and punish
ment in after life Now hold it wrong TO take
away The lite of any Of Gods creatures for fun or
pastime-Inuch more, those that are of service to
man. Nothing was made in vain every living
thing, from the ephemera insect up to mnn, was
made for some use. True, there are SOME of our
| birds-the crow, the hawk aud the black bird
that are supposed 10 do considerable injury Mt
certain seasons of the year, yet 1t may be fairly
presumed that tho good they do far overbnlances
the injury for observe the immense number of
bugs aud worms of every description that IRE de.
stroyed by the backbirds through the summer.
Ii is also true that they will help themselves To a
little corn nj harvest, but how infinitely small is
tho quantity they destroy, when compared with
that which is destroyed by the cut worm! But
those things which are OF the greatest use TO the
farmer, are those which suffer the most-namely,
the robin the blue-bird and the tom.tit and so
fast as their numbers decrease, in the same pro-
portion do the tribes of hunful insects increase
and should this destructive spirit continue for a
few years longer it will be difficult for the farmer
10 raise any crops at all. Let therefore the farm
ers rise up as one man. aud stop the wanton de-
strucon of the nohensive creatures; let them
teach their children the insanity and cruelty OF
the practice, and let the public teachers of the
schools inculcae the blessed doctrines Of human
ity TO brutes and kindness to every thing tina! has
life especially to abstain from destroying birds
and robbing their nests. But more particular
", lot every farmer do his utmost 10 keep from
off his properly those mscrenns whose sole bu-
sness seems to be to prow ebout the country with
the gun, and waste their time in the Improbable
employment of destroying the lives of animals
that, after all the lnbor not worth tenth part
of the cost OF powder and shot and this they
will do in their own defence, when they see the
importance OF the subject, and experience the Loss
which is yenry accruing from The destruction Of
these, their most valued friends, and witness the
injury done to their fences, fruit trees and crops
In general, by the trespass Of company Of free
booters who nre the ofi-scouring Of society. lie
then our farmers look to il, before it is TOO late
+. BlERER, JR.
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