The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-09-21
AMERICAN CROW
tsY J. A. VoUEsNsY.
Forest, Game and Fish ward.r


Partment has. for some time. been an.
ifesugating TO find out whether ar
not the crow is an advantage or dis
advantage TO humanity. and TO this
end have recently sent out inquiries
10 every state in the union. request.
ing opinions OF farmers. and, in fact.
ell classes OF men. as to their iudg.
ment in this matter.
IL is certain that the answer IN
these inquiries will be varied and dif.
ferent, yet a careful study Of this
BIRD, In the past few years, has mate.
rally changed my own views. as TO
It's usefulness: and time alone Is
needed. combined with an impartiaI
study OF the habits and traits of the
crow TO ameliorate. TO a degree, the
hatred OF mankind toward this beau.
tiful bird.
The crow. being considered a Grim
inal in every particular, and fgura.
lively speaking. an outcast from soci.
iety. II might be considered wicked
and even anarchic TO defend his char
acter or make a plea 10 save him
from humiliation.
Relieving that the all wise Creator
had a definite object in creating the
universe with all things that dweIIeth
therein, liveth thereon and hyeth
! thereoyer, and that each creature has
a definite and certain work TO do. IL is
not for us 10 say that nature has made
mistake or has Numbered in this
wonderful creation: aud for ought we
know. the work set out for the crow
! to dds as useful and important as
any other creature OF Gods creation.
! Through all the past ages and even
down 10 the presen; time. the crow
has been considered a desperate crimi-
nal. hunted outlaw, a despised crea-
i'ture by humanity. and possibly by
/ the brute creation. Not a state I'm fhe
union protects him: the whole human
race y seems, by some mysterious
hereditary understanding. is pledged
I 10 his nnai extinction and annihila-
ton and humiliation. but il seems
that his annihilation will be az impos-
slbility-withcut his consent. and so
tar as has yet been ascertained. the
crowd has never agreed to be exiied
from the face of the earth.
In every country. both civilized and
uncivilized. the skill and hate OF man.
Kind has worked toward his destruc.
ton. With him the battle Is always
raging; II has been so through an
generations. and yet the crow Is the
only creature covered with nair or
feathers, that has been able to hold
his own against the onsiaughts OF hu
mainly.
Armed only with his wonderful
vision. his acute sense OF smell and
a swift pair OF wings. he has. bv bis
| Intelligence. good sense and Judgment
held his own against all his combinad
enemies for centuries, although thev
have been armed with guns. trans and
poison and all other implements OF
warfare. He is the only bird or an. /
NAL in existence that does not de
crease In number
II Is true. he takes I'D your corn
In the spring time. for which oranse Z
Z he should be amenable 10 the Law
and should be tried by a Jury OF his
peers and punished accordingly: but
II Is also true that he wages an inces. .
SAINT war on Insects. for which no
should. az least. have a friendly word
OF encouragement
For a brief time in early spring ne
may do some damage BY plucklng the
corn planted by the farmer. or NAV
occasionally resort 10 robbing q hens I
nest. but these things are trivial 10 +
the good that he does In entinr in \
sects and rodents that are 90 detrl.
mentaLto agricultural interests
For one month IN the year. h. NAV 4
be- nuisance. but ~ you will follow ,
him for the other eleven months. you
viii Do aaiOf ishcd 90 zee the rood he
does. n you VIII observe Die hattie .
closely. you will find him continually .
seeking grubs. worms. micr ami
moles h. hunts the fields over AZ
carefully for these m0rscir o. food.
a. does the Thoroughly trained bird
dog. IN winter he may he found bur
rowing into the earth. seeking dorm
art Insects. that are waiting for fho .
return ~ fhH summer sun o. frirr .
them Co tn surface - the earth. 90
n.runn tbs parents " myrIads of
consuming progeny.
while the crow is not endowed with
The same judgment 0r rfneuufr. now
ers as man. set his remarkable I'M
.iiu'l. In many Instances seem fo hs
more powerful than oven Judgment or .
reason.
The oico ~ fhe crow fs not pisaarae
to me car of those vino are nluairnas
.urlined huf even fhe 'urarfiuef noiss
that sounds fHe note ~ warming ~
BIZ mate ur associate sounds 10 mani
pot unlike Che musical solos that may
Do heard on ANY, sabbath morning boz +
some 90 our most Fashionable churches .
believing that fhe ultimate and uni .
Ffrall opinion viii Boz that nothing uar .
created d. vain and that al living
creatures have RI definite work fn a.
fhH reuurf 81 fhe agricultural DEPART d
WFut ON fnn CROW viii Do watched with
great deal 0f interest
While We my entertain some hatred L.
ip The CROW. Tor pulling our corn. r.f Il
f sou viii coax your seed corn in Tar Z
fHH DO VII not fnurh 30 nrT uffb /
fhie ono main objection out o. the vav.
tn can Goo ioir fu Humirlng bic ability d
good sense and reneralshlp
For fhr cool autumn days nothing be-
more cnwfnrNng fn1n H sweater Tnera
Do Fertlreahfe one 81 gray Emitted
wool Win edge cure and pocket ~