The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1858-05-09
pREsER vAro1 or CANE.


OF the effect produced the farming Interests Of tbs Uni
ted States by the indscrmnate destruction Of wild ami
mails and TO enumeration of those species hard
soft billed song birs-the latter especally-which
ought from of his interest To be most
fully preserved and protected by every and
cltiyator but which all sides and all seasons
wantony destroyed, without end object beyond the
mere love OF destruction To these added rough
computation, founded however basis of facts of
the number of noxious insects daily and annually
sumed by each of the little birds which are 80 often cru
ely destroyed while collecting food for their unedged
young and the consequent actual loss TO the farmer of
fruit grain vegetables, arisng from the of in
sect devastatos in exact proportion TO the decrease Of
their bird enemies.
We propose to show briefly how direct loss the
owners of large farms and estates bring upon themselves
by permitting the wanton destruction of game whether
winged or quadruped, the wild lands which
less generally form considerable portion of every large
landed property There are il needless to say STILL
aud will continue to be for many years. in the most
thcy and highly cultivated regions large tracts
of waste land which hardly be rendered productive
such az the rocky hill sides and mountain lodges covered
with primitive forests dense second growth which run
everywhere in nearly parallel ranges through the greater
part of the northern and middle States and shooting off
from the White and Green mountains and forming
nected links with the Blue Ridge and the Acghanes
such the wide tracts OF orass and bog meadows which
border of the inland lakes rivers and of the
seaboards Of the Atlantic coast such the deep marshy
woodlands ntersected by muddy yules and watered by
perennial springs which are indeed capable of being re-
claimed by system of well consdered drainage but
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The prncpa varieties of these known in our secton
of the country are the rufed ero,se 7so, y,, com,
monty known ne the nrtr;,qe the amer;an nnsu Nv
yirpnian partridge (,fy p;,on,n,,, the ,rnuso ~
prairie hen 7srro eupiio Sormery abundant on Tn L.
land IN the New Jersey mines and in ali tho nonpin
ous regions from New ENGLAND ,brongb panns,ran;
westward the American woodcocL s.,o - -. -,
,,,ront.ro A,,;,,,o the v;lson, sna ns, Iia A.
Enoj;sb shine ,clo,,, Wi.n;; th snail Am.r;oa, ~.
or Tabb;t I'M, I,nlr.,,,, !. tbe lora ,a; H. ,;,
trns yhta in .;ntar i., V; 1 ~, -, m..e..
deer o,r.s Yyo;an,, lint Of tl,cse one th true n,,sa
~ dis cont;nent the n,nnated nns 81 t,;. 'o.os
the nraiyi fowl Of tbe west /; nt o. ali ht s~,a CIV
to the eastward Of Ohio and K,ntucIv fv oni vi r
wing owing 10 strict nreservat;o On Martha. viua
ward and few in desnits Of nersscniian inoori,a
smmona tha n;,a ~, ia n.ah Is ~ ~ so, ni,s
another the beautiful and graceful deer which formerly
abo,nded within few nea If the citv NJ Nv, VII 4