The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-03-12

= farmer possessed of perhaps only cnorc ~
50 to 100 acres the city man, who eL51nnEET' Z"
was wont to ask: Why, that fellow GNAz-
loafs all day long lover that corn
field" the crows and the farmers wife are sorry.
And they have reasons. too. The romancer who
mentally off yards and yards of poetry about the
patSec plight .the guardian of the chicken coop
= and oatGfop must wend his way about the plan
tationsof his country cousins in constant fear OF
toEse8nng live wire and he has more such
iheike themes for his alleged poetic ability.
4 The small farmer is sorry to see his brother
j OF larger worldly goods take step forward by
,.s.,, pSeelamtgg ,. tbs scarecrow extinct
The city man may no longer wonder at the art
of putting the sham together and his suggestions
about Agivng it touch of decoration is positive
II ,ay obsolete
AS for; the crows It is the duty Of every
mother crow, well as the father crow, to teach
a& ATS yohg that the Is the friend of all
an crews Hence, the silent friend of winter and
40 summer san no longer be perched upon by the
go young crows in learning to fly and the figure
which was intended to be the crows god of Ill
omen, but which in the eyes of the dark-hued
minions of the air an indication Of the
ie Whereabouts of edbles in the shape Of corn,
ast2 ally!4s to be swept into oblivion.
eu The farmers wife hates to the scarecrow
go because of pleasant associations During the
ar long summer days while she is alone, the men
az, and boys being off in the fields, the silent stiff
an armed policeman carries ON silent conversation
with her and she has surprised city people by in
sorting corn husk in the scarecrow's upper left
hand b6eRet 'as tribute to the vanity of the
as sfhahinate Farmland, Always absolutely safe to
1ebao taRaa8 never answering sury, always silent
Under le rTfess lstathfng arraignment is it any
1871 bNoadtat14se the scarecrow will be missed by the
uiyiuysmeM 49ks? Il, ;.r: Il: ;:
Thus score f1years may see it extinct. Amid
. ,gpRshing Of teeth by the, old-me agriculturist,
nv fair conv nv
crows seeking the cause of the new vogue mourn
cunning by TIE city folks and others the curtain Is
iioa to9be drawn'ove this piteous individual
The word scarecrow signifies its realm of use
id fgfres$ which is TO crows hawks rabbits
ia csquiwsls4-in, fact most anything being which
ssf' is aheauto .inaict greyous wrong upon Mr..
3aeS a4FRqers 8ue Il Y,@c
Whiieethe searecrow itself may become extinct
No. the art Of making scarecrows will always live,
agricultural experts declare. The realistic scare
crow IS a work of art touch of realism here
and there will often chase away tramps in the
summer tife-nearsighted tramps especially
s'd''s' The sGarecrow is purely an American nst-
ton invented for the purpose of helping the
protect his grains but reversed by thieves
saBAnd made an everpresent food indicator. No
,ys bday Knows who invented it and nobody cares
sesmneh 6.
One story which has found so much credence is
that told by a New England farmer who remem
tJersi1he times before the At that time he
knew a 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 II
~ general farm work he set him to watching prize
cernfield hoping thatby this method he might util
izs the mans services and his corn. for thu
crows were hungry and there were lots of them
For two days this suited the son OF rest fine, fo
!, he could lie down and doze. the mere sight o
him soaring the crows for miles around
The shirker, whose name cannot be diyulget