The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-05-13

land education. Notable, in suburbs,
we find trees, dying out, often, by the
hundreds. With the destructive bor-
erS allowed the UPPER hand, these
trees mus be sacrificed. Those birds
set by nature. to keep. down these
pests. are ~thoughtlessIy killed by boys,
constantly running wild in the woods,
with their gums.
The doWny- woodpeckers, the nut
chicadees as they are commonly call
ed, are the most industrious of the
lnsectiVrous tribe, working, summer
and winter. Under protective con-
dllons, given the care Of man, they
would keep down an insect pest, kill
ing II relentlessly, In the larYal state.
CeaseiessIy engaged in roofing out
tree lice, and eggs OF the millions of
insects to hatch in the spring, in the
winter the aforementioned birds are
OF especial note. and their preServa-
ton, as a reasonable proposition, must
be assured. In the Minnehaha creek
district. | know of one section alone.
so ravaged by boys with guns, that
the desplCable over-running of things
has become ncighborhood tradition.
Nothing can be done to prevent 1t,
and so the disease Is allowed to run
It's course, for better, or, for worse.
In this very district. this winter, q
certain man has marked upwards OF
200 dead, and dying, trees. to be chop
ped down. that they may not infest
others in the summer.
The crow, warred upon by many be-.
cause OF depredatiOns to crops, more
than Jays for what he destroys. SO
much has been said aginst the rows
that frequently they have been
slaughtered by thousands. Not long
since the crow was condemned so
widely. that trial was enacted right
here in our state. Numbers Of crows
were killed; a bounty being offered.
The result was that section of the
country became flooded with certain
insects, and worms. the crow seemed
specially set by nature to keep down.
therefore, a halt was called, and to-
day the crow is protected instead OF
Killed at every opportunity. presented.
/ nave spent one whole morning
watching six crow eating grub worms,
IN a year when there was an overflow
In this production. Since that day 7
named the crow my friend, and will
stOutly defend him at every demand.
But, incidentally, it will be said that
the crow is blaCkcnod in character
as the most d~espicable Of murderers.
They will tell you that the crow kills
chickens. and robs hens nests, but
TACT. and an uncompromising one: the
crow is a useful bird to the farmer:
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note. 1t Is a well known fact that
birds, very helpful to mankind. in
destroying insects, etc, are also
somewhat of a detrimcnt to fruit grow
ers. The robin, for instance. will feed
greatly, opportunity arising, on cur
rants, and raspberries. One man /
know Of. owning large patches of both,
yearly kills hundreds Of robins and
other birds that happen to drop in for
| q CndnRr Of faro IN tho f1pp OF IL
this man Is a criminal. The loss of a
Few pennies is bitter poison to him.
Therefore. selfishly enough, 10 save
those few pennies he will sacrifice
feathered lives worth each, hundreds
OF dollars, when the sum-up is taken.
We are yet far from holding realiza-
ton Of the value of our bird life. The
hawk, through malicious tradition, has
always been hunted. Only, occas-
sionally, may it be said do hawks
actually kill chickens 10 warrant
drastic measures being put forth. AS
a matter-Of-fact. could the people look
at 1t in d brOadminded manner, they
would all be preserved, for it is a
We'll known fact that there is no great
er enemy of the field mouse than the
hawk, and anyone knows the value of
Keeping field mice in control. There
fore, i~nnocently, enough, killing field
mice, the tWo-thirds of the time he
is on wing, the hawk, whether the
Sharp Skinned. the Cooper, or the
Red Shouldered, are shot and exter-
minated-because they kill chickens,
therefore must. and should they. be
eXterminated. AS a matter of-fact
they are the best of helpers in keeping
down natural pests. The hawk should
be protected, even thought he does
seek a change of fare, now and then,
via the chicken yard.
Other Farmers Friends.
People Will not or cannot look at
things in a liberal and scientific man
ner. They cannot seem to imagine
that all these wild things are of value
to them. Now, for instance, the COM
mon toad. Two toads in your garden
are such a help as you could never ex-
pect to accomplish, try as you will.
One toad's stomach, upon examina-
tlon, is said to have yielded 5000 spe-
c1mens of bug and insect life. Out
there in the fields, away from your
hundreds Of toads. Then VIZ have our
Ipoor little friend the garter snake. A
snake -superstitious people will listen
to nothing else but that the garter
snake is poisonous, and should there
fore be killed at every opportunity.
And yet, along with the toad, the gar.
ter snake does nothing more out-of-
place, than to kill off insects, upon
which he lives, yearly destroying hum
dreds of thousands of various types OF
destructive life that is a detriment to
the welfare Of the land. Were all the
people to realize these things, surely
they would not be bounded as persist 5
emily as they are. 1t is all well, and
good, to destroy such creatures as
snakes, where they become an over.
flow, but surely, they are absolutely,
harmless; only the Unborn fear Of
snakes in general rouse in mankind
the desire for blood. Consider all.
these factors arrayed against the in,
sects that ravage your fields. Be OBJ
servant. painstaking in YOU study,
and surely you will understand that
this is nc sentimental outburst, but a
fact, pure and simple. Birds, n 9TH
err creatures yearly save agriculturists,
and the people in general. millions up.
on millions of dollars in labor and
/ worry; but in the great sum up, this
vast power is ignored, and mar choos-
| es to see II, thai he. in his great ca
pacity, alon was the person who met
it, n through his exertions, on
trolled it! s
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