Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-07-06
cULTivATING BIRDS FOOD.
An Aged Negroes Curious Business-A
Breeder of Worms


Breeder of Worms
Chicago News
@Bud food bud food hcah's whah YOU
get yOuah good bud food cried in aged
negro on north Clark street As he sat in
light wagon drawn by pokey Old horse
whose limbs were swollen and crooked
| he old man continued 10 sing out al reg
ular intervals. but did not seem 10
he successful in securing customers
Ills woody head was gray with age
and his form bent. but he had "A
powerful air of lungs and used them dill
gently. A reporter recognized the old
darky As the same who. years ago. lived
in an hiO town and passed through the
streets with loads of CooperS Shavings.
CRYING: SHAWN $, shavins Who'll
buy: { ct em now an la, dem up foh
de wintah put dem in de ban. de rats
won't eat EN-" He followed the vender
of bird food up one block and then hailed
him
-Foh de lawds sake. chile. who'd a
spected TO see you beah!" cried the old
man
What means this change of resi-
dence?
~iress de Iawd, 1t means dat Ie ole
busine dUan paw no NOAH so | done got
new one tuh de city an es arrived heah
day befo' yesterday It's q new business.
sab. but de ole man believes dat wild
prupah amount of lung powah an regular
ole niggah push it will be suah TO sue
coed
And the new business is bird food?"
You done struck ii de fust time. sab.
You see. fust collect an raise meal
worms ant> eggs, meal maggots Il es oh
all kinds. an dc common food, such As
rape, crushed hemp. canary. and poppy
ICED You SEE. boss. meat worms AL
ans eggs are treat for all birds. an but
few people knows whah to get EN-. You
see. raise de worms myself an also
collects dem from de -four mills
and granaries How do raise
EN-: Fob de Lawd's sake. chile. dat 5
easy nough. | .es' get an ole ar
an I'LL it wild harley. oatmeal. or wheat
brauan' lot of ole shoe leather or sugar
papah en- jes' puts in couple o
han Is o meal worms an leave il fuh
abuu. ..inety days. now an den putin in
4 cloth moiLtened in beer Its suah
waste ob dc beer but il has 10 be done
/ e worms den change into beetles an lay
eggs in de jar 1t doan take long foh de
ar to be full of young meal worms
When | want big supply | jes' done go
to de big wheat bins ole feed stuahs. an
our mills Any boss II low dece /
man to hunt fer EN- an be glad ob de
chance es catches en- with sieve
or my hands \ gu generally find EN- in
groups. all faint no trouble to get sew
eral hundred foh EN- get
de meal maggots in de autumn
an put .em in big jar filled
wild earth. To get ants eggs l make de
little ants do all de work | jes shovel
de ant-hilI on cloth and put a green
bough near by on de cloth Den de
ants will carry de eggs an tut EN- under
de bOugh. where | es picks EN- up an
puts EN- in pan wild some sand TO dry.
done Eecn wO kin at dis heah business
layin in a supply for almos' year. and
specs to reap de Ina vest putty soon.
The old man then lifted up the lid of a
box in the wagon and took therefrom a
worm about an inch in length and as
thick as an ordinary lead pencil 1t was
of a brOwnish color This was the old
man princi al sto K in trade-the meal
worm The ants eggs. meal worms and
hies are invaluable rs food TO mOcking
birds. nightngales and K ndred birds
The old man lives in small house. com.
posed of two rooms in the outskirts of
the city. and, from his description of it,
it must lie almost filled with old cans
buckets. cup and jars