The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-03-20

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SINGING its talons through tho skin. and lesl
G Ssd ea tw'i nnG ess. Ss sr: 81: nut Th
| stantly released its hold on the porcupine. and
| t9mblinR to, the ground struGGled about y
mouth as It bit tho beast nnd had penetrated
the spinal cord Ct the 6Gss Of the brain; >,
make himself particularly solid with tn,
found in tho Adirondack region. lot him offer
skin Of . porsapine., The bin roiasinste aams
OF SO Tor each bear Killed. a beast that is !
positive blessing to. tho whole Adirondack
in that the terror hts
dangerous t than buck. But no one seems Gems
ior nave po feSpHm. oh somssrea wtH
the bear. the porcupine is much the worse
6e1st Ss Of a tnt to the
the bear or the, woolehuck. But as q, destroyer
least as M UGH damage as the ar-.probably
crops arc at tho right degrees OF maturity when
fact the crops oiwiid berries arc so enormous
TINT no beast Of my KIND pays very much at
cupnes arc so much more numerous than
other rredacious animals. except the wood.
chuck: IT Is reasonable to suppose that their or
other animals save the ,wooIchuek. com yinci.
milk sweet corn S that the Adrondass peope
cause Of HE method q standing of an attack
p"reurine aui $. II the dogs Of the Adiron-
dacls were left unenred for. they ,woud, per-
arc res as u foolish as tho wyopinr eagle FSss
the 5.E They get sht the he .s
more than enough for tho one occasion. But,
raroy By eSi to tot lot the
their former, experience with'the beast only in
it again. Enough valuable dogs, are injured,
and even killed. by porcrIinee Gplls to warrant
eSterminaton Of the obnoxious i Beasts. ''t '''
Adir9ndacks can be obtained by hrisi sol9%r1
Hs simply killed every one he harponcd to SEQ
citizen here Who set bear tran caught SEVEN
porcupines in It in two weeks He found one, In
It every time he visited the trap. Then he
Lake Club guides never allow a. ,porcupine to
escape them. Two Of them killed oyer flfty
each last year It is large tree that they will
suffer from attacking the porcupine., Wolves.
said. Ono hears stories in proof Of this that
are not to be doubted. for these, predacious
beasts and bTas have all been killed bearing
meat eaters OF the woods It is said that the
panther alone attacks the porcupne with i'm.
The a9i!ls sooner or later avence the death:
panther kille, q the Fulton chain. says that
without doing my damage However. quilts
sats he the IF the S eeI wse s a.
and eventually work back into the neck and
shoulders Of the big beast. where they have
been Ionnd. bnt there Is 10 record OF such
The immunity OF the panther in it's attacks
o oks Ths SoS
Woods father playing with youngster says:
How does the PANTHER XIII the proeunine2"
begins to chuckle and s1uirm. whereat tho
father. suitinG tho action 70 the word. says:
He bites him in tho belly"
Rabbits Increa aing-E6e ct OF the CnliforAia
bounty on Coyote Scalps.
MoJovE. Cal. March 16.-A paragraph in a
recent issue OF The SUN regarding the amount
Of money paid out last year in this State for
coyote scalps-the amount was 100000
caused ranchmnn who read it here to call
attention to n result OF this law not hitherto
very much hereabouts. He said:
THE cash outlay is the smaller part OF tho
cost OF this law to the State. 1t did no good to
say this whom the bill was up: tho Rrangers
would hoar to nothing. The coyote was a sneak.
He killed lambs and chickens and ducks and
ate eggs. No one could leave anything eatable
ont Of doors unless 1t was hung ten feet from
tho ground. for IL he did so tho coyote was
sure to get it. The beast was constant
source Of loss 1t ats fruit as we'll. Berries
were common article 81 food and watermel-
was som citing reaartabie. Georgia. darRes
greater certainty than the coyote. Not a
dollar n month b. its depredations. The coy
ss pay y4gT he se srs de-
e S s.se,s sss sIss
suit. We've doubled our stock Of Jack rabbits.
seHr Is tie least. and from four to six at
sre.se Of s1ssaa saurrsIs within s ys Sa the
' sHsa$ from nU osssfystIo n II Kern and the
tho e9 eea wss
ar than in other districts. 1t is n matter OF
common talk throughout these counties That
j. an abundant. food supply for millions more
1f these pests they can Increase one may say
almost Indefinitely. The food supply OF tho
.oyotc was limited There was no apparent
Increase IN their number from year to year.
However. now that an appreciablo number has
lecn destroyed. those that arc left will find
heir food supply more than adequate. With
hc increase Of the rodents incident to the
present decrease OF coyotes. this supply will
remain more than adequate. At the end Of
wo years we shall have not only vast in
.rcase in the number OF rodents. but as many
coyotes MS eyer-probably more than ever.
Nor is that all. Tho coyote is an insect
'ater The granEers never took the trouble to
examine the stomach OF a recently killed coy
,te. Tho dend brute smelled too bad for that
But, ii unpleasnnt. that little surgical feat is
Instructive Tho coyote Is omniv0rous-eyery-
hing, goes with him. from jnck rabbits to
from strawberries to peSQuit
scans, from brook trout to chuckwallas. In
insects he very likely benefits the
granger more than he hurts him in either
Jerry patch ar sheep range.
We've had one lesson now. Well next put
bounty on rabbits. and when we've mnds
sick by TINT wo will probably know
'nonSh to let natures balances in the animal
world alone"
The Bears Sleep L. SOnnd-FNllisy Tree
R:d Not Disturb This One.
FoREsTToRT. n. Y. March ia story told
ho other day by Dan Maginnis OF White Lake
'orno,s gives very good idea OF tho sound
less Of the bears sleep when he is hibcrnat-
re in his holo during cold weather. Dan