The Carlisle independent., 1909-03-11

farmer possessed of perhaps only cm0Err so to 100 acres. the city man, who O66LnnEz0/ wont to ask: Why, that fellow Gz0zz- loafs ali day long that
 field" the and the farmers wife sorry
 And ttey have reasons too. The romancer who mentally off yards and yards of poetry about the pathetic plight of the guardian of the chicken coop and oat crop, must wend his way about the plan tatior of his country cousins in constant fear of touching live wire and he has more such iifelike themes for his alleged poetic ability.
 The small farmer is sorry to see his brother of larger worldly goods take step forward by procaiming the scarecrow extinct.
 he city man may no longer wonder at the art of putting the sham together and his suggestions about giving it touch of decoration is positive ly obsolete
 AS for the crows It is the duty of every mother crow, we'll the father crow, to teach its young that the scarecrow is the friend of all Hence, the silent friend of winter and summer longer be perehed upon by the young crows in learning to fly, and the figure which intended to be the crows god of ill- omen, but which in the eyes of the darkhued minions of the air was an indication of the whereabouts of edibles in the shape of corn, usu- ally, is to be swept into oblivion
 The farmers wife hates to see the scarecrow go because of pleasant associations. During the long summer days while she is alone, the men and boys being off in the fields, the silent stiff armed policeman carries silent conversation with her, and she has surprised city people by in serting husk in the scarecrow's upper left hand pocket a tribute to the vanity of the lnanimate farmland Always absolutely safe to talk to, never answering surlily always silent under the most scathing arragnment, is it any wonder that the scarecrow will be missed by the folks?
 Thus a score of years may it extinct Amid gnashing of teeth by the old-time agriculturist, tears by fair conversationalists caw-caws by he Of he Ing by the city folks and others, the curtain is to be drawn over this piteous individual.
 The word scarecrow signifies it's realm of use fitness which is to scare crows, hawks, rabbits, squrrels-in fact, anything being which is liable to nlict grievous wrong upon MT. Farmer
 While the scarecrow itself may become extinct, the art of making scarecrows will always live, agricultural experts declare The realistic scare crow is a work of art. A touch of realism here and there will often chase away tramps in the summer time-near-sghted tramps especially.
 The scarecrow is purely American institu- zion, invented for the purpose of helping the farmer protect his grains, but reversed by thieves and made ever-present food indicator. No body knows who invented it and nobody much
 One story which has found much credence is that told by New England farmer, who remem- bers the times before the war. At that time ne knew farm hand in Maine who was by natural instinct shirker of work. His employer learned this after the man had been in his employ three hours. Seeing that he practically useless ln general farm work he set him to watching prize cornfield hoping that-by this method he might util ize the mans services and save his corn, for the crows were hungry and there were lots of them For days this suited the son of rest fine, for he could lie down and doze the mere sight of him soaring the crows for miles around.
 The shirker. whose cannot be divulged