Telegram-herald., 1889-07-15
KILL THE sPARRowS
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TIE rapzaiss - Eise increase sd the
s5se4d 81 ine spaFfoa la thls eoontTs
has besa s@s.aergal. Ihere = nolbing
i ks Is ia lhe hizsoEy ol 4ny hlFa Un-
kuowa here 81 reeeatix. Il has already
become oae of tie meSi familiar q
bads. sEd the more i i knoWn tie less
Is Il admired IN o., ghe nlore i : a.
tested.
It's fecundiy : amazing a single p&lf
often rearing faam t@eBly 81 thirts
Young IA the oouEse u yezF. aud as
tRe spATro~ enJoys The pgoteetlan al
f0rded Is the proximity OF mar, 4 i
saved fnom enemies Nhieh cheek ti4e
Ghe increase ~ other hirds II NJ a.
sumo the annual pgoduct of a pair g.
u tNenty-four young, halt male and
female, and that All i've. in tsn years
the tOisi progeny WOULD h. s7a .7l6, ,yss.-
69S. of course the increase = only =
small fraction OF that total, bal IL =
enormous.
The sparrow Is a grain-eater hy pre-
lnsecuyer0us bird having had Is origin
IN the most stoB.shing ignorance Ca
the part of the ongnsl importers.
There l. 10 dOubt that Il is injurious 60
gram, 10 seeds OF various Kinds, that
4 causes decrease ln the numOer OF
native blrds IN gardens and on farms,
and also IA cities and towns, aud tiat
it is pest on many accounts The
case against the sparrow is summed up
hy speaking OF u rs a curse OF such viz
ulence that Il ought % be systemagl-
caily attacked and destroyed.
The Legislature, ia recognition OF the
pestlier0us character of the sparrow,
has passed law offering ccnts bounty
per head for their destruction. As
there are millions OF them IN Mlchi-
gan their determination, which might
have been accomplished some years ago
AT a comparatively triiiing cost, viii
have a tendency now 20 debiltate the
contingent funds of some OF the coun-
ties. Ii Viii be money most JudlclOusly
expended, however, and viii bc
saved many times over 10y the
Curtalmcnt OF rayages IN tie
fields aud gardens. With three cents
bounty for sparrows tins pugnaciouS
and dIsagfeeable and aggravating NUS
ance will have to 20. There are sew
eral roOsting places for the sparrows
about town which Will be regular gold
mines for the enterprising small boy.
The first brood of sparrows are Just
now taking wing and the old birds are
husiiy preparing To raise another fami-
~ tiils season. Here is the law passed
by the last Legislature on the sparrow
question, taking effect June l6 last:
Every person, beng an lnhabtant of
TINS State, who shall klll an English
sparrow IN any organized township, yil-
lagc or city IN this State, shall be en-
titled 10 receive "A bounty of three cents
for such sparrow thus Killed, 10 be al
lowed and PAID III the maDucr herein
after provided.
Every person applying for such
bounty shall take such sparrow or head
thereof, IN lots not less than ten, To the
clerk OF the township, village or city
within winch such sparrows shall have
been killed, who shall thcrcupOn decide
upon such application, and If satisfied
of the correctness of such claim, shall
issue a certificate stating the amount of
bounty TO which such applicant is en-
titled and deliver the same To said APP
plicant, and shall destroy the heads OF
such sparrOws.
Such certificate may bc presented by
the claimant or his agent to the county
clerk OF the county IN which such spar
row or sparrows have been killed, who
shall thcrcupon draw "A warrant for the
amount on the treasurer of SAID county,
and said treasurer shall, upon prescnta-
ton OF SAID warrant, pay the same from
the general or contingent fund OF said
county.