Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-10-21
CROWS ARE valuable
FEDERAL DEPARTMENT OF AGRl.
CULTURE OlsAGREES WITH
IOWA STATURE.
ISSUES BULLETIN SHOWING
sENEFITS TO FARMER
Destroy Injurious Inseets-only DAN
ger is in consresatins in Great
Fiocks-lowa Legislature Thinks
Crows Are Pests ans Offers Bounty
State Capital News.
,ac.sI - T;nss.Repub,ican.

Special to Times Republican
Des Mo:ne~. Oct. ai.-The United
States department Of agriculture fails
10 agree with the Ta:g1y-atsh genera.
assembly .. Iowa On one matter The
legislature. however, will hardly DO any
back, : up right now
tn disagreement IS over the habits
and ralae OF the black crows. The de-
par ..e2t Of agriculture 5 GU. WIFE +
del sion and :.na2 Judgment as 70 the
val !e Of the crow, declaring ne crow
70 Of great value 10 Ihs farmer he
We dict. i IS declared Mas reached
al -e- long iRvssi!gatio1-
The de partmen, experts, says the
. oolls-in just issued, have reached sAe
conclusion that the CROW consumes
enough g-aSshcppers- cut "oT-ss waite
gTubs and ether injurious insects q
make him highly valuable - 1E-.s2 =
! There IS. however. o2e had haoii x a-ca
the crow has and that IS ne ceS---c-
ton OF young birds sad BIRDS ssss,
but this trait IS ou. weighed By TIE so>ec
the bird IS doing for the farmer n me
destruction, o: worms AID iasec;S- ! as
one danger from -he crow, according
70 the department expsr-s- LES IL s-ea,
nunbe- i me Number can De kept
down s. thai rs Normal tccd Is SUI
fciea,. ,here is every .a--soa Why farm
e-s Should encourage me bird 20 re-
ma. about their farms
TIE Iowa legislature set %, 10 aio
N.--
authorizing the cSe- OF bounty on
crows TO encourage the boys 10 shoot
them.
TIE Indictment against the crow.
made n TIE Iowa legislature, was not
however. because Of lis eating yoaHs
birds ana EGGS blt because ne per
sisted. in Iowa, il G:gstas up the corn
when planted and because i vas al
Legged he IS guilty Of carrying hog
Cholera Infection from one teed pen to
another.
F-and D Jcseph. assistant superin-
,en6eni O: pubic instruction. last week
attended q farmers institute for Lucas
county, which included scaooi eS-
h!s:t for me entire county IL Charlton.
He declares thai i was real .nsplra-
ton to a-d scuh splendid school ex-
hihi. ard such excellent work being
done in M schools O. an entire county.
They had e parade of school chill
d-en and perhaps 1900 L? line. ne said.
After the parade was ended there
was great ,hrong gathered in the
court house 10 view the school exaisit.
They had the court room flied ana
th= Judges room and other rooms al
fcrul;e6. Many % The schools OF the
county were represented ne NO.. =
was very h7e. The county supeE.ntenc-
ent put out leaflar Of suggestions as
to work 10 be done and this led 10
great variety O. excellent WORK For
/, stance there were hunor eds OF Hst!e
booklets prepared by the pupils one
Uas made Up % g record waica
country ooy had secured showing VIVA,
:, ccsr & farmer 10 raise and market
so.-e /, g., giving every detail aHc a.!
accurately figured OUT and Win pc
lures = Tie farmer ard the hogs, etc
The sa7-.e thing was done By another
as &c I herd OF dairy COWS iaen
as @ grain, and o-her crops IN very
man VAS they are laying the founda-
ION for tie practical STUDY OF sg!icci-
lure n tie entire county TIE WICK
do-- by the county superintendent mas
bea,. so good aao such excellent results
are SIRE 10 f-li9w that the county gave
her an assistant at so month anc
she IS able TO 60 twice as much Tor ihe
schools as before. This illustrates What
can De done and IS bang done where
there IS 3 spirit q co-ope-a lion ana
sincere desire Il. make t!e schools bet
ter.
Ire new board u eoasro. encoc.t-
cred IN he Posty.Ie case ;ast what
state officials and oc-6s have been
meeting with periodically for many
years-a o.s hu.!abaico about nothing
The board vent 10 AIlamaxee county
10 Investigate the accusation OF an VI
6e-taKe- that Peer Nseston had had
his neck o.5ken Il the Independence
hosp3;ai There vas a pest mcTten
examination bafo-e the entire board,
made BY -wo d.sirterested doctors. and
they found chere was not the slightest
reason for suPposzng the mans neck
had been broken OF that there was any
other physical injury TO hin. But the
board had % spend three days and go
- some expense for an investigation
Of story wi!ch was without fcunda-
ton. Annually the beard OF conTo!
has 10 make investigation CT Il number
Of complaints against hsads Of iEsti-
tuticns. as 4 is quite easy for the
friends and relatives of inmates OF in
stitutions 10 believe that great cruelty
S practiczd. This IS true not only as
20 the hospitals but other institutions
AS a mater Of fact at Independence
there are no physical restraints what
ever in use and at 20 one Of the state
hospitals IS there any possibility OF
violence being done any patient.
Governor Clarke goes to Iowa City
Nov. Il to speak al the time Of the
inau guration Of the college extension
wnrl. n collection with the state uni
versity. which is made possible by the
liberality OF the legislature in pro-
viding funds for carrying on the nee
essary activities OF the state in edu-
cationaI lines. From Iowa City has
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