The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-25
The Biography Of Two Pet Crows.

leaves have been produced
young plants are many transferred the
great tobacco fields by the aborious and
of hand transpantng the method which is
used in the culture of cabbage plants.
x, The black would follow the two laborers
they into the tobacco field drop slowly and
silently without chuckle or cav down
lined by the made by the marking machine, and
following behind their kneeng friends, with snip
and their bills twitch the delicate fragile
plants throw them the right left Of the fuowed
line. across the field
The black imps destruction would dodge
thrown at them but there cods of earth for
tobacco requires the choicest richest most mellow EARTH
with stones check the root growth proecties
and the feared danger. But when gun
appeared in the hands of the Polly and Tom literal
~ took the woods Instinct inherited memories of
fatal disasters known to have occurred to the family
from THAT restick in the hands of walking must have
stirred in their active cells their wide
tapping wings to instant fight and retreat from known
danger .. ..-.-.- 49,.
Men Who Walk Who Ride.
Crows hawks
1ieye detrimental
to distinguish between the foot and the man in
the moving vehicle horseback They fear the walker
but will sit boldly by the wayside when the
constantly passing Students of natural history be-
ginning instinct less commonly than in
the by, and to admit that there be
lures besides to whop the title of reasoning
ture' may be given.
Crows are such mators that they have been taught
many tricks sounds like speech.
Tongue clipping and splitting is for this and
is cruel the mistress of the
somber-hued pet @".- ,~,..
One of laughable sights visitors
they would aight the lawn the house
and begin to walk in udcrously dignifed toward
Their glossy black suits shone in the
their sparkling black watched nteny but their
solemn made mockery by their chucking
They terribly lazy beggars for food al
ways when full preferred to have it thrust down
their hroats rather than perform the work of cutting
thing fragments their This was,
to habit Of feeding them opportunity
Their bills would wide and the throat cavity
that of the uncracked nut the boys
loved their capacity bits of food hence
the constant attitude Of expectancy the part of the birds
- ,-@---- The Contract Of the Forest
able to discover Tom and Polly in the
destroying chickens their although
confess, they have done this wckedness 1t crow
kngbrds fought them if they
black fends The hens of the barnyard fought hem
knowing them natural enemies and in of these
battles Polly killed while stealing the which
the ground for the common fowls Previous to ths
she had with Tom made her entree into the world
society by the county fair which occurred in this
into mockng bird and entered them the
list for fair premiums for pets The birds had
good bath three fear insufficient
food Crows ceany in their habits, and when
brought home free showed their in
their dsrust of all further attempts at rendness
We could win them again to feed from our hands
touch them We had broken the contract of friend
liness as known in the forests.
Polly died. as sad by ground bird called
a lie away, with his wings still taered by
beating bars of the cruel that checked his
freedom of the glowing sky and horizons unknown to US
himself in the distant and told his
tribe, know not, but fear that
touched with homesckness for his familiar
the target for the with a longra rife For
with stiff leg once by neighbor in
lot, the place from which Tom made
essay into the wide wide world of wicked
Z and wayward crows, and he was never seen again.
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