The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-08-20

II these lines observed in the field Just
his side Of the old SteeuEod mansion
nyriads Of these omniyerous and pestit-
srous sparrows depredatlng on the
Of gathered grain, There they
lat, not like the silent and passive and
harmless raven, that perched on the
bust of Pallas," but like live,
saucy and neryy little imps Of prey, ILL
ing their Unsuitable craws with tho
grains, for which they had toiled
not neither spinued, and despoillng the
poor husbandmen as relentlessly as did
the wild yandals OF the North Sea coasts
the poor Saxon in the land from which
they came.
Parenthetically We may observe that
we suppose these sparrows are an eyolu'
tionary product OF those same yandals'
and that having conquered England they
have come over to occupy the land on
this continent.
But, seriously, what Is to be done
with these sparrows2 Some meagot the
United States Department Of Agriculture
made a report OF a very startling and
porteutous character in regard TO the
rate at which they are multiplying,
Their ieCundity has no parallel in the
records Of feathered bipedism. Here,
for instance, is an extract from that re-
port that ought to attract attention.
"la the latitude Of New YOrkJlnd squthwaEd Il
matches, Al a rule, i've or slx eloodI 10 2 seaS91,
axe annual product Of q pair 70 be tWenly'l9u[
youlv, Of which half are females, and lSSnmlng
further that all live together win thelr on
SpFlng, II will DO seen that IN ten years lnS pro-
geny Of 4 siREle Pair would ,, 9S s, S.s iSTsd 10
have established itGG | In thirty, i've states Ald
Ave Territories. In the United States tue total
area occupied ut the close Of the year 1856 y ~
90 square miles; In Canada i Is not quite l4S.'
900 SQUARE miles IN all l,03S,OOO square miles u
lie United siRtrs alone IL has spread during the
past fifteen years ut the average rate 0I, 1ILVOo
square miles per year, and ~ tue unllGu s,a w,
add Canada together q tPe Ialp o. KY
S TSISS R Rabitu Viii y make GtheaIrr homes HS Ha'j near lie
aSSoFdSS o. nan p h tas martin asI l' o 1nH SI' Sh sP NH.
rows and NUMEROUS instances aEs 99 record
% SdS ~ G torIn sTT pestiss p III yy' by these TeliiSCr.
snt allsar S, IhS birds .Id,,t 5G . 80 na RSs ,oaIn. 60 pfi.
wren, song sparrow, GhIppipE sparrow, yellow
INV tbp sp Sr!T,v' drIye away AVA and somstimSs iE:Ili the
adult Y. 6IT1; H. eS aSg when Nn5 y xo laG. and Iat' moi HUI SSlrS !.
GusnIly iealSupon them" -.
Following this report the writer oil II
goes on to observe that
,, "TlS S GS, ,SG .D1 TO InS i S IbiS soaRIIy mount mount
10 several millions otd9ollars% annually lP sGTly
arc aPo'a aItscEcd, and, later he leaves, Of lender
vegetable SSE sa%aI.,I Tse y FF glSa lnaT ls Sot Ihlt S6c stv Ssts,
and ~ W. resolved i. A thG "a dg3 T9TSIs :! al, n
natSd Al 10000, and d from present indications
E SS1a sE3F Sest I RF tSis sou n yo'G Aside Si from IL &c:
ItTgG!loi, IhS waEliEe nature y q P%o t 6E,,I sP SM'I6H
81 aiti render il a nuisance IL ely and country
Aike'" ,.d
as to the means Q! aellSe .ha n.ni,a lsp y
from 'nls cos''y nuul.0 wv noa,e,
ms gONernmen' fepoat ~" d., ~ s ,p's Onn
recommendation 70 ouef, uus Nc ISs
geSs . war Oh oA'efu "nao, "S. ."ns
tnem oy sucu 10 SuV th"i,
ing down Tue neslS anu uS. ua sn0,
toossS WIN wassi ,,a III III "'' ILL I sood
tnat tney a'e sn 'u'O'o ~. LII S ~
o ea'I"nu tIas many '"D'Vo sV 80.