Milford chronicle., 1883-08-03

cultivated iislds for food and shelter; and at the
same time untold thousands, yes and millions OF
birds are wantouly destroyed, that can only re.
duce the plague, for plague it is getting to be.
Wncn will our lawmakers leave party SQUAD.
bling and machine working alone long enough
TO attend TO the pressing needs OF the people
Never we think, until a determined public opin.
ion and a loud and universal cali from the press,
call for the needed reforms.
Our Legislature could do no more splendid
work than to pass law inlictng heavy fine
upon any one that shall shoot Il bird. Many farm
ers themselves are culpably to blame for bang
ing away At crows ia pull up little corn. Or at
robins that steal few cherries Let them take
the trouble to open the crop OF the crow they
shoot and they will find It fall OF grubs, the IA
voute food Of crows, and perhaps lew grains
. of corn. Let him open the crop ol the robin
that he has wantonly destroyed, and he will find
it full OF grubs and eaterpillars. Does a catbiTd
annoy you by its unpleasant squalling! Kill 1t
by all means, anything is better than to be ALI
noyed, but please open its crop and see wha; is
there All! white grubs caterpilars, and other
insects that you recognize as deadly enemies to
your fruit trees. Swallows are the special pro.
tectors Of our wheat fields and there are other
birds that seem to be appointed to care for the
leaves Of special trees. Amazing stupidity that
protects the filthy buzzards, and allows our most
beautiful songs;ers to be destroyed in unlimited
numbers! A little chimney swallow once es.
capped into a room from the chimney and was
captured by the children OF the family Pleased
with their little prisoner, they attempted to sup.
ply it with food, but the voracious little creature
consumed nine hundred insects comprising flies
bugs, spiders and every thing Of the kind the
children could find, so they concluded to turn
him out 10 do his own hunting.
How many OF our farmers that shoot, or allow
quail to be shot, know that they arc furious de.
stroyers OF striped bugs, chinch bugs, and OF cut
worms?
Mrs. Mary Treat, who writes so delightfully."- on |
Natural History, says we too seldom discern the
difference between our friends and our foes.
She was suing on hotel piazza with some
friends one day, when large vicious beetle put
in an appearance. "Kill ii!" exclaimed halt a.
dozen. mo, non said Mrs. Treat, "t is one Of
our best friends" and fastening out into the
yard, she returned with five or six cut worms.
These she presented to his beetle-ship, vino ate
them with a relish that seemed to call for more,
thus satisfying his would-be-murderers Of BIZ
usefulness.
Many children, and grown people too, for that {
matter, will kick toad with only thought that {
il has goggle.eyes and is ugly to look upon. Bot {
let them sit down, and watch it some evening. t
and see with what amazing dexterity it thrusts {
'ut its long tongue and catches every insect that
zones near it. They will BIZ both instructed and '
unused. $
As single pair Of some insects are capable Of t
more than million of their kind in r
NE season, it will he readily seen how necessary &
is to protect the birds who seem to be our only
lope against great loss and vexation. d