Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-11-17
EIlTHBR BULLETIN
!. PREDICTIONS GIVEN BY
". T. FOSTER.
w.,e propbesied for Latter
,xoxcmbcr, Followed
BY n Cold one.

-. wave 10 "io'S
IA to 18th and ethe next VIII
4. me Pacific coast about 27th'
- 10 ives, Rockies country by
A ?sh. great central valleys
4, /, december i, eastern states De-
asr. - A..
soesies country about November
,rpa, central valleys 10Th, eastern
". nacember ]. A cool wave Will
~ ~ west Of Rockies country
", 18th great central valleys De-
..s eastern states December 3.
=, ms, notable features Of this dis
a.res will be the precipitation.
.i.t u,ill be above the average OF
~, fo,lr months. With each sue
.,lrg aisturbance the rains or SHOWS
,neroach on the drouth sections
~ nast summer and fan, till by the
J, a January, 1895. an unusual
-',unt Of snow and rain will have
ln -. ..,..
4, me October drouth was correctly
s,cd, II will be Of much more in
y, 10 note the forecasts of these
,,,ral SHOWS and rains. II these lat
verify the forecasts the Interest
a largely Increase as to the crop
son weather OF 1896. the calculations
ghlch are now complete.
NJ weather maps for 1896 clearly In
Ae where the excessive rains will
m In parts Of the United States
yytre drouth Is indicated for April.
III. June and August.
y,y many farmers, horticulturlsts
. gardeners are beyond the reach of
arn as to the blackblrd. There Is
.enying that this bird Is, at times,
M des,rnctlve and 1t Is quite evident
M # would be dangerous to many
ttr to permits its increase beyond
.ftin limits.
ne farmer would totally destroy
/. bind. and the only admissible dis
ssoh is whether such destruction Is
lnnbls. Would the total destruc-
Of the blackhird endpnger the
Ta by permitting a very large in
n.ie Of noxious Insects?
Mtlonal experiment stations have
IN examining this question, and In
a.f to determine their food. the
;zaehs OF 225S OF Il Sc birds. taken
hrtlpally during the crop season,
be been examined. The results OF
se Investigations are set forth by
department. OF agriculture in the
Moving words.
Upon the whole. crow blackbirds are
rseinl that no general war of eNter-
1uon should be waged against
sn While 1t must be admitted that
tines they injure crops, such depre-
Aaoas can usually be prevented. on
ether hand, by destroying insects,
DO incalculable good"
general prejudice exists against
bee martin or kingbird and this
fndce Is very much undescryed. So
members OF the human race have
their natures TO critically examine
question that error seems TO be the
and right the exception. when
reversed the millennium will
N arrived.
Is principal Incentive for hatred to-
~ me bee martin Is because IL is
ylosed 10 destroy the honey bee in
Y numbers, There is at least some
sV error connected with this sup
lusn. The bee martin often goes
he bee hive, but what for?
experiment stations have been
saiy examining this subject and
" nom the official report: I'm sew
vases In which these birds have
mol near hive no traces of bees
~ ioani In their stumachs and the
A o. examinations shows that not
uan one bee martin In twelve
VS. hees and not moro than 10 per
su.su these are working honey bees. -
Vl q Ill stOmachs of bee martins
aI.hed only fourteen, or less than
y Twelve, contained any trace of
@hey bee and Of the fifty bees
Y. u these st0machs only four were
4 y.suonaby workers"
IN this II appears that the bee
!, 1'h avoids the working bee on ac-
v It's sting, and hunts for the
I. m maze bee, which has no sting
Nv which to defend itself. From
g lrones are Killed annually
49, 80 hlve OF bees because they
nls and expensive boarders,
Z IN. Miilhg requires very consld-
IL. ph.Uion of the working bees
!, am ,he bee martin comes In and
\ s.tI,.a ufohes sometimes before and
atter they are killed, thus
s,sI9n service for the farmer by
Uns up nine or his working bees.
~ martin destroys great num-
1, loober files. These are large,
!, ,ts,a,s-podied files with stiff haira
s,t. bodies and are liable To be
fs' lor the common blow flies
n, Z; V. Riley saws that one
These ruhber flies has been
~. 40 XVI l'l honey bees in single
,ns destruction Of these rohber
Z d, me pee martin will compen-
\ az me bees killed by that bird
! l-,,o,nne vast number OF insects
n J, .arners will condemn the king
4 HI i, suse fruit. particularly small
part or Its food. and In this
sometimes do enough dam
>sh,bs'nnce AGAINST the gnod II ac-
y, r, IN DESTROYING insects.
Ia .t must always he ewnccted.
II s,hus are DESTROYED Insects. mice
:. -,,.e. small arimpls viii 50 larRel,
2 "a Al nv destruction OF the cron'
Alsmt,l'Hhly while on the othei
n vn, mrds become too numerous
Z ~ hestrhy the crops.
-r,nr'ore becomes nice point "a
n, me necessarv number OF
sf,e,,, number that viii keap the
~ insects al a low limit with
I, u aalrns becoming no numerous
q n. "nanger the crops.
z M a,,uh crow Is receiving un'
i-v.s,,nnn Just now because Of
fssi WNions heine made nv this
zflp, Apefin1ent stations. Theqt
irse hns are valuable to agri
Rsrt M a' hre rldlonled by ignorant
rra,a paraeraphists. II Is un
A9as ,'Ht - mnnv who arc ON.