The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1868-09-23
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Fall Il here, and with its pleas
oRss comes the daily nuisance to those
vhe dwell amid rural scenes, of the
16hkhg)t the "aoft ! notes of the shot
aln." Every one who has pnid atteu
iten TO the matter knows that the vast
iosrease of late years of destructive in
sssts, ID owing almost entirely to the
Wsntou destruction of birds which are
not ven legitimate game.
La Japan the birds are regarded as
6aSfed, and never, under any pretence,
sse permitted to be destroyed. During
de stay of the expedition at japan a
Asmber of officers started on a gunning
6xssrsion. No sooner did the people
ehsesye the cruel slaughtering of sheir
Avofitss than q number of them waited
Bron the Commodore, ard rcmonstrat
q against the conduct of the officers.
xhers were no bird shooting in Japan
b. American officers after that ; and
when the treaty between the two cou
tzisS VA concluded, one express condi
don Of Il, was that the birds should be
Drotscted. What a commentary upon
The inhuman practice of our people,
Who indiscrimiuately shoot everything
Ia the form Of a bird which ha, the
lnisfortune to come within the reach Of
1eeif murderors weapon. q s.a.i Ct
su,gOn the top of The tonbstones in
, 1apan q email cavity or trough is CHS
elsd, which the priests every morning
al with, fresh water for the birds. En-
% iGhtaned America should initiate these
Il sessions Of the barbarous Japanese, il
q not BY providing fresh water for the
|. : athered warblers, at least by protec-
lag them from the worthless louis who
% rsthlessely destroy them. Unless
,qsemtthisg is done and tkst speedily
n Suf i1sectiverous birds will be. wholly
. sxteftdinated and then farewell to fruit
= groHiing- - 81 sra ....,I a-ed
The swallows arc the natural enemies
Of the swarming insects, living alnos'
entirely upon them, taking their food
upon the wing. The common martin
dsvours great quantities of wasps, bee
tlesana lgol6smiths. A single birC
will devour five thousand butterflies il
. week. The moral of this is, that the
husbandman should cultivate the socie
~ Of swallows and martins about hi
q had and buildings.
ie sparIows aud wrens feed upon
ths.erawIing insects which lurk .withir
Jfha fbpds, foliage and flowers of plants
o The Hrens are pugnacious, and d Httl'
.1sbe4OiDis cherry tree will soon be anpro
Dptistsd by them, and they win driv,
away other birds that feed upon tn,
u 1Git, ! hint cherry. growers should re
member and net Upon.
The thrushes, blue-birds, jays anf
Slows prey upon butterflies, grasshop
pers, crickets locusts, and the larger bee
ties ; q single family of jays will con
= sumo 10000 of these in a season o
=, tnfee montns- .fm g Z; HatG1aG"a ga
The Voodpeekers armed with a stout
iDiloog bill, to penetrate the wood o
ssses, where the boters deposit ithei
a54ssya3. They live almost entirely upOr
, tAhSe sofms- r-Sii.o e. g 'n52-
IL T1Rsy insects that. come abroad alonl,
oG6nriBg the night, nature has provided
check in the nocturnal barn owls
which take their food uponathelE wing
Il >, How wonderfulnis this provision o
Providence for the restraint Of depreda
tors on the labors of man, and how
aaEarsful we should be not to disput,
that beneficial law of compensation b,
which all things are preserved in theil
Just relation and proportion. -