Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-02-09
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Mr.. ParansalI said that he certainly had
rot sulogized the bird and did not think he
bad ssid much Of anything about his gen
eraI character He did not say that be sas
sectional, still. he be should be very 10th
indeed 70 have him ma lie our national bird.
Laughter He moved the indefinite post
ponemest of the bill IN the interests Of the
town tressarers. He did not believe IN AK
ing any decent msn to 90 TO york and burn
mp any quantity of cross heads that may
come 10 him perhaps in a state Of decons-
position
Mr.. BurIeigh Of vas-aIboro. said that if
his friend from Pembroke felt 90 much sDx-
isty about the town treasurer and bis anna
BILE wife, shy rot With less furry and less
word. merely move 70 amend by striking cut
the last two words In section /. by IRE!
While there we're many petitioners fer thus
/ bill be believed that there not one re
nonsirant, although ample opportunity had
beee given them to be heard before the com
niftee had made their inal decision.
/ Mr.. Wakefield Of Bath, said If il is in
order 20 move an amendment, would offer
/ the follosing, that the crow, be canned and
sent 10 the hotel and boarding house keepers
10 Augusta for use on their tables during the
session. Great laughter and applause
Mr., Alien Of Mercer, said that much
benefit would he derived from this bill As
almost any that would be presented during
the session Very few people realize the
trouble and expense tina, this bird Is to the
farmer He said that the farmers Of his
county demanded the passage of this bill
Mr. Foster Of Stetson said that two years
ago he hsd planted two acres Of corn and re-
ceiyed a bird TO every identical hill The
crow. not only destroy the corn but they will
20 into apple trees and destroy the apples.
Within i've years he hal lost twenty n We
barrels Of apples from their depredations.
Mr.. Taylor of Unity thought that the
farmers could turn out and shoot the crows
of a. we'll as 10 hire some one else 70 do IL.
Mr. Turner Of somerville said that this
wa. the first Opportunity that they had had
Of legisating directly for the farmers. II
they asked for this measure the least they
could do was TO grant it, As a farmer hi
vas very much in favor of the bill.
Mr. Fire CHI of Chesteryilie thought thai
much was at stake for the farmers when
, acre after acre is planted and destroyed By
the crows so late in the season that il cal
only be- ploughed and sowed to grain. He
. thought that the farmers would receive more
benefit by this one az; than from all that
they cOuii appropriate TO the Agricultural
College Of the STATE of Maine.
Mr. Cloutier said that he was brought up
10 a crow country and wished to say few
words in behalf of the crow. He thought
that the crow is the most important bird that
We have ia the State. He is the hafblngeI
. Of spring The crow is a perfectly honest
p bird. When 1t comes INTO your held IT does
not come as a thief in the night, but it come
there in the day time making its nice music
here had been some talk about poisoning
the crow. Now one gentleman had suggested
that the crows be served up at the hotels
Well it would be a hard thing to te 4 wher
you eat crow PIE whether il had been shol ol
poisoned.
Mr. Barker of Bangor said that ia each
session of the legislature there are found /
great many gentlemen who are quite apt Il
raise the cry about the poor, down trodden
tax paying farmer aud The assistance that h.
needs from the leg stature. At eacl
session there are certain matter
= presented by the farmers and by them alone
asking that certain legislation for the protec
ton of their cornfeld. and certain Legislation
for the protection of their sheep from dogs
shall be enacted, Some Of these sane gen
tlemen who are SO ANXIOUS to protect aud re-
lieye the poor and down trOdden farmer com
mence to ridicule that bill, not trr ating II
with the respect thar II deserves with til,
farmers or some of the farmers behind It
He didn't kaow much about the crow. lie
III Int know anything about farm Z. Tie
did know that certain farmers hal
petioued this legislature to enact some kint
of a bill TO provide for a bounty on crows
great many of these petitions had come in
The matter had been before the Committee
on Agriculture, which is committee tina
deals wlh farming matters, and that &C M
mittee had unanimously reported "A bill pro
viding for a bounty on crows, lie thought
that these petit ons aud The report of lhis
agricultural committee were entitled to The
respect At least of thus House OF Il presenta
lives. and he sincerely trusted that this bill
you'd be considered with the same respect
that any other bill would be treated comue
from any other source or from any other
comm of this legislature. After those
.mendm nts y hlch had been put in To ridl
Guile The bill had been disposed OF he pro-
posed to Offer an Amendment inserting five
C nts" instead Of ten, making it Il bounty
of five cents because he thought ten cent'
was TOO much. tApp'ause
MIR, Cole of Brooklin said that he
came here 10 represent, in
IL gree the interests of the farming commrn-
ty of the State. and one OF the special re
quests of his constituents had been that h
should use his influence in favor of the law
providing for a bounty on ctowa. MIR. Cole
bowed that the crow not only causes de
-truction in The corntields, but pulls np the
potatoes aud scatters them abroad IN 'he
spring lie tor one would accept tn, amend
meat VI ich his friend flom Bango' propus Il
10 make IA substituting tBe word 'i'c for
ten. for he thought that 1uli b. a suili
cient sum TO accomplish the obi Ct "h0h
they desired
Mr. Pattargall Withdrew his motion Ia m
definitely postpone.
The question was then upon Mr.. Bur
lcigh's motion to amend by stfising out the
words 'Dy fire al the end of section !. l he
motion was put and carried.
MIR Barker moved to amend by striking
,ut the word ten" IN the first line and it,
sorting five" instead, and by striking oct
the word d" Nov, mher' in the third line and
insertiug the word October in its place.
Mr.. Cote of Biddefori said that to his way
of thinking ten cents WIS small enough. He
thong ht that there would be little inducemcnt
for the determination of crows when but one
dollar " ould be realized from the destruction
of twenty crows He hoped that the gentle
man would ~ithdraA his motion,
Mr.. Barker then withdrew that part of his
motion relating to the sum 10 be paid as
bounty
Mr. Curtis of Perkins said that the crow
would do a great deal of damage in the State
of Maine after the first of October and b
hoped that the gentleman from Bangor would
Withdraw his motion in that respect,
Mr.. Barker yielded as reque sted-
Mr.. Talbot of East MschIss said that as
long as he should hold his seat in the House
he should pay due respect to the reports of
commit ees that have had opportunities to
learn a great deal more about matters than
he could learn by such discussions as they
had Just had He knew of no bipeds that
were better qualified TO plead their own
GAGS than crows, but at the same
time he didn't appear there to plead their
cause for he believed that they were great
injury TO the farming interests of this State
Before he left to come here, citizen OF his
own tovn who was engaged largely in the
raising OF potatoes, came to him expressly
to tell him if there was bill introduced re-
storing the bounty on crows, he hoped that
he would advocate il, for they hsd done
more injury to his crop of potatoes during
the last year than any other thing. lie felt