The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-06-29

Maine GROWS CANNOT COUNT.
NOR HIGHER THN IN wE\.
THtT Is; ~ HOHEN. O>Li 70 3.
Experiments ny Cap'n John Gdom Witch
Demonstrated the Pact. AMI Their AZ
~piicatisa q o Practical Z So h, Farmer
John Hughes In the case of sorn.
West Z3mSfrcf.

JOhn btughes IN the asr " oT"'
ORoSo. Me-, June 2I-Careful expert
ments conducted for many wears have
proved that three women will scare a Main.
crow as much A. seven men. The man
who proved this fact To the satisfaction of
his neighbors and the world was Cap'n John
Odom. who was keeper OF Fort Point light
under the Buchanan administration
A.. IL was impossible for a man To live
and support q family on a salary of SEQ
. year. the captain plantei a wide area ~
corn back from the lighthouse. A. soon a.
the blades were above ground the Crows
laid claim TO the lot. so Cap'n Odom built
a brush camp in the middle 81 HE field.
and for a long time studied tho ways of
crows, hoping thereby 10 help himself
and other men who were afflicted by crows.
The first morning at daylight two men
vent TO the camp. After half an hour
ons ~ them came away The crows had
watched the going ard coming. and though
they could not see tho man IN the brush
camp they knew he was there. ~ long ~
he remained not a bird alighted near IA"
corn. On the following morning thr",
men entered the camp. two coming ont
and going about their work after a ~ea-onable
wait. Again the crows performed an opera
ton in simple satisfaction. taking tSo
from three. and Ehunn@i the corn lo,.
In this way the captain kept IA increasing
his men from day 10 day until eight men
want Ia camp one morning and seven de-
parted later on. No sooner had they quit
thar every crow In sight was among hi-
corn rows pulling TIA. grain and giving
the man on watch a chance to shou, ihras
% them.
Having demonstrates that q crow could
count a. far as seven. hut was incapable ~
comprehendins tho meaning uf eight.
Cap'n Odom ,e~tel their abilities upon
women In a similar manner hr learrel
that thrtS. women could h. compressed
within IA. comnass Of A Crows brain. but
the fourth was uncuuntabI. since then
score. ~ errarim.nts along the-a lines
hay. l4cn made. and ~. results have never
varied A unit
For nearly half a century ,ap'n
Odpm's discovery has h-rn known. hut
until John Hughes " this village began
To cnn.t ruct ~cararrov~ In female garments
last week nobody has t-en -enslht. enough
to take advantage Of a scientific fact. Mr.
Hughes j. a practical farmer whn hots. To-
"A. ,,,b ~ IA, live. lnpg ,n,usb Nh, III,
.
neid - Univ wears th"ugh a Tow survive
for four 81 I'VE years II they ar" housed
A. soon A. the corn Is too bug for thu crow,
!. ,,u
'p""
'o'A'"k ''' nv S'"'N 'a'' WI way
Mr Hughes learned thai IN order To pTotccs
his iields pf"I-rly h. mus, secure N" -sr-
vices a. six abl.- hnIiad .rapcrnWs q
ul,,h ,,,la, A.. n,1 ii,
" 70 ~" 49,
~" prev " "'''F'h "f''"" -'"n ~ "h''n
Srarcrow garments arr made, ha- nd
vanccd ~ IaI C,n'. within a wear and WHOM
Mr. Hughes cpr,.mul,,.d IA. -u,rrha,ury
-, - I'm = -. -.
'" ,"" va. w." =" INNS ~ W" wv"
10" i"lt a. " 'n" "n'lhy would mas" a hls
hole In hiS prospective profile from grow
ing corn. Then "a. memIrr.d the cr-
sinal investigation into th,. sub,.c, mad.
~ ~ "
oy '"p' h'u"h anu h'H"' "p ms hhhd 70
tah" III" RISK
InbL.aCh"d cotton cloth j. still chssp
n, the country .t,r. of c,ur-c ro man