Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-12-10
.ExTERM|NATE SPARROWs
NATlON-W CAMPAIGN
TO RID COUNTRY OF PESTS
League of American Sportsmrn Would
Protect Song und iHscct-EatinE
nIrdN-EIHht of Three lcnrN.

The League OF American SportSmen,
offices at lll0 Simpson stree. New York
city, has declared war Ito the death
ON English sparrowS, in behalf Of song
and insect-eating birds, and is endeaN-
orins to secure the cooperation of
persons Throughout; the country in :,
campaign which II is planned shall last
for three years OF longer If necessary
to rid the nation of the small pests that
cause general suffering because Of their
destructive natures. their iil,h their
puEnacity ard tn" discurdaut noises
which mark their presence.
The officers do not expect that this
campaign is to bc "A walkovcr by amy
means They are going into the fight
for term Of "a; least three years. and
ii may take longer than that to do
the work thoroughly. |; may not be
possible even then to entirely cXtcrmi-
nate the pests; hut they believe II
possible - get nearly all Of them. aud
il viii take tho few survivors many
years to rccupcrat" ia anything like
the sparrow population "c to-day.
Garrett y. Scryi ISIS one Of the best
known naturaliStS in the country, says
the English sparrow has not one re-
dceminE feature
The principal method OF carrying on
the war during the coming winter will
be by trapping. and under proper police
authority. shooting
There arc several successful traps ON
the market. and cuts and descriptions
OF these may he had 10y addressing the
Chief OF the Biological Survey. Wash
irgtou. -. c., aud asking for Farmers
Bulletin 40, i?2 \ post card will
bring il,
Each person desiring aid IN ;his war
Is advised 20 secure one Of these traps
and put II OUT as soon as the first snow
falls There should h. many thousands
or them in operation throughout tho
entire winter. ana ii The league can
get enough people to take up the ngh,
in this way IL viii mean the destruction
OF millions of sparrows before the LIST
OF April.
Oscar. of ;hc Waldorf" has devised
and built a sparrow trap which he is
using on his farm at Napanoch ~ V,
and from which his manager has taken
an average Of SIXTY sparr"ws DAY for
year past.
Sparrows feed in lose Hooks. and
when thus assembled in favorable
places large number may lie killed
by charge Of No. 10 OF ~ shot one
man killed ninety Al one shot and
another @G. AT ON. ul.cNuY:.c of 4,
double gun
The best way is /" scatter grain uvs.
long, narrow areas sud shoot the spar
rows ~ these batting places Where
Snarrnws tnfest poultry yards. tho bait
may he placed on horizontal board.
supported AT such an elevation that
the birds can hc shot without danger
10 tho poultry.
Srarrows are very suspicious, and
soon quit Il place where II number nf
thrir mates have been billed: hu; If
me tood is kept in place. and q new
Supply put out occasionally. they Will
s{Adualiy come back and then another
b; killing may he made
Good results may he obtained by
shooting them when they conrrcca,r
!" r""st after niGhtfall. with n Gun
'hat spreads the Shot widely
'ampaiSnerS are advised. never IN
allow wounded sparrow ,o csc,n. II
" can he avoided. as he viii snr,nd
terror among the others