Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-06-11
ABOUT rnE BIRDS.

Nhc luctlf or tue hlfga Cukhk -
make themselves heard uo0.a'cays,
when there seems TO be such a demand
tor determination q the fca,hVtod
songslcfs aud iutcct.dottroyori. IL is
not quite sufficient 10 rect on the com.
mon understanding u the utility Of
this class Of of,a,uroi; lot people can BE-
educated into an cnmiiy toward their
best friends n tue an,agonlsm is al
lowed to 70 too far and obscure Ihoue
virtues which should DO a protection.
This latter procedure Il being carried
10 great extent hgaius. the ieaIhofei
tribe.
In another part Of this Issue Is q
letter from a hlRhly tiitemoi cor.
respondent at Moab, Grand county,
VINO expresses sentiments that ATE held
by many people. Evidently no IL
no friend to tho birds, and the
reason II tho actual or supposed
injury they do him. Fret, he M
mences with the crow, whom nobody
10 particularly fond Of, aud tells Of IT,
peechdilloes. Yet fall that ho snys Of
this bird is true and no more the re-
citai made Ia a Justification for 10 OK.
itiencc. Every farmer who has hal
experience In Utah with potato worms
aud gfhpshoppcrs must realize that the
enc good trait attributed TO the crow IN
this regard entities II to protection iu
country whore the intculs named
have wt9ugh, much havoc. Beyond
all this, the oaTrion'doyouriug
propensity of the ebony bird
ought to DO sufficient i9r Ia
talyntion 10 most localities boUauie OF
what it contributes toward preventing
disease and preserving NE. When b
plcEa out tue eyes Of n sheep II Is when
tho latter IL 20 near dissolution that
here 10 ~ commercial value 10 The
auima.; aud the crow isu'l tbs Only
phlckol.killeT, or the worst, even n Il
were thought necessary 10 Kill ali ia,
chickeu.killers. OF couTtn the crow
will eat grain, aud ~ will other birit
but Il IL mistake 10 10Y that bird
never cat insects whom thty can e
nice ffults-thcy want variety, as wei
a. does anyone else, and iusec,ivor1u
birds dtpoud moe on worms aud IN
I secls than on fruits and grain TOT
living, only we do not trouble TO oaIcl
thom eating insects and cOmplaii
therefor.
Our correspondent has less use ~
. pafunuy, Tor the nawk than tor Ga
! crow, since he knows no good u him
] Perhaps his LEGALITY has no field mic
} OF gopher; bus in pieces the
) have tuom the hawk Is lhuc
. welcome, even a. the expense d
r tho unprotected hon.ysld, Ils war oil
b gorhers alone, which hes prevented
b vast amount Of damage that o'Atl
o wise would have been done b. ia
% rodent burr wing Into canals aud gll
= dUuu, is enough, when known % o.
4 mro ,hu friendship VI poodle hero VII
- do not want their gardens and A.il
Il torn up by gophsr- " their irrss
y ing canals ami reservoirs utterly TuIuu
:. by them.
i Ouriuuud evidently believe .ua L
~ "gty C0usIn" h. uOuIIltgrgs
r anything that birIs cat; bui iu THE b
]. cannot DO acquainted with ,he fact
II Besides, among the Creates. lovors Ha
8 ir,ouda OF birds are the gardeners au
n fruit growers In and close 60 the !assO
40 cities, where birds are vastly mJU
10 numerous than 10 apatrly settled 90.
y lions. a. more Intimate squat
70 lance with the good aad iui.y G.
10 birds DO than eau be- acquired ava
from cities where iHo 'eulagloi u,
ru most DO C1ugreggts makes Tgup.a u..t
10 Judges then tue Increased il.udsa
4. ia those i.olllu8 l1g the blua mg
20 0o based Ou good foundation. "ll
To- man who ba8 10 work 10 make !. pHt
z. bio Tor birds ocAIs" lives Ia towns
,c well az outailg, aud whom .e k.ai
d. tho facts an al. uai ho ls the ir
lc friend tho biris have. lie even urs
n. that the destruction Of sparraws sh0u
b. be checked lest the green huge that