The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-12-22

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suggest rules and ideas that may
be of advantage in the burning OF
weeds, trash and grass in and border
ing public highways, private road
ways and overgrown fields in general
10 destroy alternating places OF IN
sects. The vegetation in all public
highways and roahways should be
burned off when the vegetation Is
dry enough to burn.
All local road overseers or super
viscrs should personally take full and
complete charge Of this highway work,
The owners or managers of adjacent
farms should be present and cooper
ate bv following the work by burn
ing off their own fields lying ada
cent to the roadway, and to the rail
way df there be one) in cooperation
with its section foreman. In dong
this each manager can protect his
own shade trees and feed stuff, such
as hay and strawstacks, that might
otherwise be lost by fire.
Protection should be allowed for
wild birds such as the quail. pheas-
ant and meadowlark. Since all grass,
weeds and underbrush is to be burned
along and in highways, it stands to
reason that the birds will be driven
out from such protection. Consequent
4 ly necessary protection on farms,
! such as copses of overgrown vines
and weeds in a draw or, preferably
along the bluff line Of a ravine, should
be left undisturbed until springtime.
During the winter the birds can seek
protection from hawks, varmints and
inclement weather in such preserve.
! Screenings or even good kafir corn
or other small grain seeds can be
scattered in these preserves for the
purpose Cf attracting the birds there
and for their subsistence during cold
weather, especially when snow is on
the ground. Such a preserve should
be near a watering place, if possible
One or more preserves of this kind
should always be prepared in the fall
on every farm, regardless of fall burn
ing or fall plowing. Later in the
season, when termination begins, the
new growth of weeds and grasses
will afford ample protection for the
birds. The preserves should then De
burned off in order to destroy the
chinchbugs and similar insects, whlcl
will be issuing from the protection o
the roots of the grasses and from be
meath the trash.
The fact should be emphasized tina
=. tracts consisting of more than eight
acres Of wild hay land should not b
burned over at one time, because o
:. the bad effect on the birds which ar
living there. Tracts of wild hay Ian
should be divided and the alternat
divisions burned on different days
thus affording the birds ample time t
become familiar with the new cond
tions.
| Some farm managers will objec
to the burning of hay land and pa!
ture lands at this season of the yea
believing perhaps that either the va
lie of feed thereon or the value to b
derived from the vegetation as HI
| mus should not be destroyed by burn
| ing This is important, but the COS
| of feeding Oklahoma chinchbugs ha
become eXorbitant, and ravages of tn
bugs will continue to increase, unle'
| proper methods are used for control
ing it. Since no practical metho
can be used when the bugs are d
stroying the wheat and oat fields, Il
| every one interested in the propos
strike a match at the proper time.
f. Sanborn, department of entomolC
gy. Oklahoma A. and NJ. College, Sti
water.
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