The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1903-02-22

When corn ls m roastins-<nr ne pecks tnto
VA! tns ears aud gets the worns out. Scissor
ssct9rs Of chickens Nv driving away the
MEMS Srns,ssii rhhSaEh plainly dessed; yet her
sig habits make Jenny Wren the
her nest on the porch. She feeds her
! youhg on grasehoppers aud other garden
pests think II ls our duty to protect
them, I have a nelghhor whose name Is
Law, lie does not allow bird to be
! hbed on his premises. This Is au instance
wherS the birds are protected BY law. But
| law which viii protect our birds throughout
| VcSas. Without Il our birds will rapidly
become extinct, as did the huralo..
Leland Morgan,
For the Happyhammer Page.
Mehlnna, Texas.-A great deal may he
I baiu against some species OF birds, be-
cause o. their obnoxious habits. yet the
/ varieties or spetSes OF useful and valuable
birds far exceed the number that annually
not q species OF birds Of which have any
4 khoMleige that do not DO MS much good
IN the way OF destroying Injurious Insects
| 70 the common hluejuvs, to be found In
great numbers In Texas which have hereto
fore borne the unenvlabic reputation OF be.
/ ing constant menace 20 farmers, and thoy
/ were alleged also to destroy the eggs OF
! other birds when found, II. e. T. Beal,
assistant biologist Of the United states
OF the department. for 1890, says OF the
! food OF the bluejay: Insects are eaten by
the blueieys In every month In the year.
The great bulk OF the insect food
! consists Of beetles. grasshoppcrs and cater
pillars, with few bugs, wasps and fiies,
and nm occasional spider aud myrlapod."
Ihus II may be seen that what Is con.
sidered one Of the most Injurious and
| harmful uirds, Is really most important
/ factor us an Insect destroyer. From the
recent invasioue OF the cotton growing sec
| ton by the boil wcevil the destruction OF
| the wcevil has become q subject OF para.
mount Importance
/ Laying aside the value Of the bird on the
/ farm, We como TO it as q means OF beau
! trying tho world by Its presence, and max
/ ing light our sorrows and burdens by It's
song. The songs Of the birds IN the forest
/ trees have intensified the soul OF the poet
[ IN all ages, hnd have formed the theme OF
many story whose authors heart was
/ hlled 20 overlooking IN ITS love Of nature,
Orland Wade johnson.
Houston Texas Dear Happyhnmmcrs.
see the contest is (which do the most work,
/ boys or girlsg | will cast my vote Tor the
| girls, not simply because | am a girl hut
1 tor the reason thpt girls do the m iat work
/ Most girls whether city or country ririsl SO
about the same work, thnt ia to say girls
/ do the same amount " work wherever they
are. Their work Is cleaning house, coub ing,
/ sweeping, busting and In fact evhryt hi NJ
which is 90 be done. Now, Tor the boy .
/ The city boys and country boys nre diner.
]
! (Which Is no work. when he gets home from
! school he orders his sisters around tn ''Hrlnc
/ him some dinner" etc, which they Of
course. do. Wen, after eating they have a
game with some or the follows" o, read Il
/ silly novel by that time supper IL ready
[ aud he puts down the book and goes 10 Tho
table. After supper he again reads, or may
I ne nc VIII 'prlmp up ana go TO see some
/ OF the girls. As 7 said before. the country
/ boy rs different from the city one; he ilscs
/ early chops wood, feeds the stock and then
goes TO the held whore he stays until sun.
/ down whom he comes IN for supper lilo
cats then gets his novel and reads TIL he
Ia tired, then Of course sleeps During this
Ume MS sisters are clearing the In bic, wash.
lug dsdes and nnally sit down with their
sewing Some boy Baid "sewinr VIVA n
I pleasure, aF Sister was making n new
dress She Is not always making herself
/ new dresses How about his shirts7 Where
90 they come 'FRONT.' The city boys say
IRON the store Of course" Wen how do
they get to the storei somebody,s slater
h9s TO make tho Now, dispute that! Who
] WHY with love 10 Mrs. Foster and nil the
liaps. ! remain a true Hap
Hattye.
Cedar Valley, Texas.-Dear Happrbnm.
mers' Now don't feel cool II lust Will In
/ without knocking, I think ] wifi be iuat Z
| welcome thought It useless anyway, for
( you M seem so busy talking you would
good and hard TO decide really believe
/ the boys do the most work; are the hnrdcg,
! NJ least ] know had rather DO what I do
i tn"u Mhnt my brother does. ! have three
! 9roihers' but two OF them nre small and
| don do 30 much, but they are a great helm
| IL is always Bud get the wood ana
! water and almost everything else Per.
I maps the laps viii think ! am hay, hut I
1m not / don't suppose there IL Hnotbcr
rap my aga who does more work than 7
do. but The boys help me I wash iron
| COOK, clean housr, sweep floors, milk and I
T IIt.#.'
Oh, VIII help You ont Any airl who eavs
she docs the most ! wonder why she doesn't
/ exchange work with her brothera | VIII
say they Will he as willing az she Is To OK.
| change But perhaps all boys hrc not Ike
my Bud" | don't think we ought TO vote
| against our VIII just because some one else
ald' or just because yau are n girl or tust
becuuae you are n boy Yourself Voto M yoi
DelIeYei that Is, what / did you know.
noticed some. gir s4h It Is disgrace to
work In the ncld. Why, ! say the ono that
said It didn't have to and has no mercy on
us that do. she ought to be ashamed OF her.
self. don't think fhe will any It again do
yen, Hnpsl don't DO much WORK in the
neid' Dut IL ] did wouldn't feel dsgrn cod
az az. II any Of the haps have tho book
entitled ''rhe Second Wife" wifi You please
let me know through The Post [ viii lend
the book "Beulnh" in return and return
your DOCK Farmer Girl.
waelder Texas Birds are very helpful
=
az ls 80 little ! would say they do none
Jhe lark comes In winter and stays through
early spring, takes UP corn and gmniiar
grain that's planted, which worries the
PLANTER ana he goes for ammunition with
which TO kill them. That costs more than
the gfnin would gain. Besides The birds
Injurious on farms. II we would think
ent bugs ana smaller insects which arc
the birds only eat tust enough That Ia
very little compared with the grain IN Mi
this broad land Of ours. The partridge md
dove eat nothing but grass seed nnd in.
sccts. Some think they eat that nyyfnI
pest the boil weevil IL IL probable tbev
do catch al they see and perhaps hunt.
them ] think they do. ! have seen Dreot
droyes Of them In cotton Fields We ali
know that one weevil enten IS thousands ~
generations DESTROYED. There are little rcd
birds md snowbrds. ! see them from
my window eI'ng grass seed which as
sures me that when spring comes we win
not have 10 cut from tho cotton tho sprfVs
OF grass those seed would have made bnd
not tho little birds eaten them. we mi0ht
live without their songs, but this woIId
be n lonesome world Of ours. The mnoking
bird, how sweet Il sings Many n gnd ana
weary soul has been cheered onward with
( their sweet songs. Boys ana girls, let NJ
all protect these little creatures Goa has
given as for our GOOD All should remem.
Der thnt every bird killed Is oae song
hushed forever
''The little birds. ny over, and oh. how