Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-07-17
MANY USEFUL BIRDS.
people HAVE A wRoNo IDEA or
THE VALUE OF THE BpEos.

lht VALUE VI lTt blFEO0s
The Testhersd Creatures wouid he More
Plentiful ~ the Farmer aud tho sam.
msr Visitor Knew More About Them.
They Aid the Farmer Very Much.
No decent person who knows the value
Of birds that sing. whether their song t.
harsh or sweet, will ever Kill a singing
bird. Thousands Of birds tina. are u IN
estimable value 10 the farmer. ~ we'll ~ 10
the town dweller who grows fruit vt keeps
garden, are Slaughtered annually IN the
summer losrlsfi district uear New York
by city visitors, both young aud Oh. sim.
ply bscanse these bird killers DO not know
the value Of the birds they put out Of tue
way
Farncrs' boys are also guilty ~ destroy.
inc many Of their foathofed friends. with.
out rcprnach from their parents Tor tho
same reason = Tow farmers themselves
knowing. ofG least recognizing, the great
amount 81 benefit that certain birds are
not only willing but anxious TO confer on
the country II they are only let alone.
The farmer aud fruit grower should
know morn about the birds that nest and
sing and flit about their premises, Tor then
they would h. willing 90 tisiend and pro.
teri them, aud In time have them hack Ia
somrihing like their Ola time numhsr'
aud variety How often does one seo the
fsncy, sw-t voiced, nervous little wren
nowAdayri u n few yeats ago was seen
aud heard everywhere, but b. must lr a
favored locality that Ii ylsis now Yet
The little Wren was q most ratennus do-
suursr n the pesiiferous cutworn Vt tho
gardens. aud dii grrat work toward H..
SEEMING he damage done BY that pcst
The bright little bu,blrd clears tha air
hni the GROUND Of thousands u codiing
moths and cankof worms during season.
yet fariuen iuys an pcrnIti~i 10 rob H.
urats With Impunity aud chase ID from field
o. held In Efforts ~ LII h. The crle
blackhlrl hna 10 peacv. set flock Of THESE
bird. will clear 10 short time a newly
plowed field Of NIL De- husts ~ destructive
iAf,n that the pillow has turned up
A rtrA roH tuE CHOW.
The great American criw would do the
sArue V % wasn't Tor the Inevitable man
with KUN who wants the crow % try n
onre. Neither the blncktlrd nor the crow
carr ~ much Tor corn ~ thry do iot grub,
aud " the frrmcr would scatter corn about
ANH W W NIN|.NINA fNN NNNNNNM HN p W. NNNM
andtho like those useful birds would uuyrt
pull up n hill of his planting The chances
nre, anyhow. that n the farmer will take
tho trouble 10 examine a Liil u young
corn that he chHrcl The crow With pulling
up be- will Ind that n wns cut N by
grub, and that the crow was after the grub,
not the corn
TIE robin, u cannot b. deuiei, is snre
trial 10 The man who has fruit tres. but u
be will stop and think ~ N. ihousands
upon Thousands II rsyaaing insscis that
arr especial enemies ~ hls tn,rs that The
robin destroys. both before tho fruit has
rpcned and Tor weeks after It hAs gone. he
wall not grudgc the biri the iow quarts u
Cherries VI berrio. 10 demands ~ partial
laymuut Tor H. services The same mas
u ,aid ug tho urushos, cherry hirls. orr
olcs, hluriaya aud many others ~ that
class These birds mover levy tribute 10
The least on the grain iarmor, but they do
HIN untold good
The climbing birds arr the different va
rieues OF w0udpcokcr, aud they aro oon.
Htnhtly bcftitnding growing thlnga Mhun.
ever woOdpctkofis heard tapping on u
tree II Is tho death kuull Of the laryH Of
some destructive insect Yet n " not Hn
uncommon thing - sec the very pcns0n
for whom this bird {. indusi rlonsly 1T
work following with his gun the flash u
the birds rcd head from truo 10 tree until
the opportunity come, for him to send q
ioad VI shot into tho unsuspocting fcath.
rfvd phllhnthropist. IL Il u. pct hlici
among the farmers that tho wnodpckrf
Nils thu tres he works on, aud that he i
working Tor that purpose
" u fact that tho common little sap.
sucker does injuro trees. but the wood.
prcker never, Quite tho contury. The
wlita breasted nuthairh md the gray
crc-ner-so generally oonfnuuded with the
sapsuokcr-lito exclusively on tire Insects,
YET the nnthatch H. IN bad favor among
many farmsr, ~ they believe IL eats thsit
tires.
rnEN mtr TIM TNnmn
Ihc meadow lark ~ another hiri that l.
given little puins on any ono's land. tot
there IA q MISTAKEN notion abroad that this
bird IL game bird ilc Il game In the
quality 81 bging alert aud hard 10 gvt q
shot NJ, but D. no mnrr cntltlcd To he ~
CLASSIFIED than the flicker Or the hiThholdrr
u The meadow lark Ia n constant ico,ivr
ON underground laryW, aud Nhtncyvr he
Is disturbed he h simply driven away from
active work la Kidding The ground 81 the
may ~ said 10 10 indlrryily an enemy Ia
tho farmer ~ we'll a. a FREUD, Zoe Il dc.
struys largely the ugg. Of bird, that do
only good TO The farmer
II thufe is one bird that the farmer love,
W do all IN his power to cNtgrninate more
than he do,e the CROW, unless u may he the
hawk, that bird Is the owl. Aud II the
city man has q guu hc Will not hesitate to
NE II ~ many times during his vacation
~ be- can 0n owls W hnwkA Fortunately,
the oocaslon that either one of those birds
presents Tor the hrnelt OF tho man with a
FUN urc few aud far between
The farmer can't hc brought 10 believe
that u 10 were not Tor the owls aud the
hawks his fields would be- oycrrun aud
burtnwud hy Held mice To- such an extent
that his crops would Ou la pstpctunl dan.
gur, that owls. while out muuslng feed on
myrisds ~ night ilying moths and h.stlrs,
thus preventing The laying NJ millions
upon million, of the eggs II tliose insects,
hnd that they not only keep the field mloe
down, hut lesson the numhsr 81 domestic
micv and rats Nhaut barns aud uuthunsrs
60 nn cNtcnt that small army uf eats
could not equal
A. 10 tho hawk, the farmer fenem s.rs
that un some acciulon q hawk carried Oh
w" Of hus chickens, aud tlcruiov the fact
that the big bird daily klll, many held
iuicc, srasshoplyr snaA,h, lizard, htrtlp,
aud Other ycrniu oauaot bo srt up ln 10,
defense, The proportion vi hawk that klll
chickens il no mote Ia number, relatively,
than = lhVt uf naueatiug t,gcu. New
York Recorder
L,n spirits aud u.aiih.
The evil spirits which constantly h,.set
tho pathway of the Monaghan arg charged
with bsiug The cAltfp VI NH disen.us. such