j L/f L I . VI I / {' T . J t BATTALION )Vf THE FARMERS ('LORE HOME SEASON IN A WALK ? K (Continued from Pajre 1) ■ a m. u. AB R n E Bishop. 3b —J 4 0 0 1 Kitta. If — - 4 0 1 $ 0 Otstott. lb. 4 0 \ 0 2 Pierce, sa J ... 3 0 0 0 Renshaw, c _- 4 , 0 ! I ! 0 McKnight. cf . — J 4 0 ! 1 * 0 Cooper, rf 3 0 0 0 Bigger. 2b L-. lJ- ... 1 0 '•0 1 Hensley. 2b U._|- U. 2 1 1 Scott, p j:. 1 * 0 0 1 Gri*A>m. p UJ 1 r 1 1 b l 0 * $ 1 Total J—-- .31 V [i 7 HAWKS AP® OWLS AREVALUABUAS PEST DESTROYERS Tbroujfh XiHundt-mtandifiK Many are ± Killed by Peraona Irnorant of Their Value. (By Prof. A. H. Oahn). «■»•*• n». • I The relation between (he bird* of ’.prey—hawk* and owls *ml the far mer i* one which is of *iore than* a The *eco«(l imme paaaed overy much Httle ‘ m P°^an^. Mkl. Aouirll J* a« the firat. However, the fun star rel«t.«on*hip is well knowi. it is often ted a little nprlier. Lackey led off lost sight of. Birds ‘ ofi prey are With a home run and five more hits abundant both in rtSmbef of species «• ,.nt H», mon. r«ns over in the (ir,t and in nulBb , r in< ,Uaa.l.. 47 " frame. The second was quiet, ex- ' , 1 + cept for Hif. triple to center which of huwks and r< * might have been stretched to jfour ^ro™ Texas. An estimate-of ;; banes. The third come with( four hits their relation to the farmer is ob- * | aad four more runs. Lachay cog- tained oaly from an exhaustive study * of their food habits. Spch a study [ \ >4»»»n 111 !»«•}♦♦«« » n i »>♦♦«» n • * / 1 J ! 4 •f i ' I I I 7 MB J 1 * We Appreciate The good business we are receiving from cadets and Campus people and assure you we want to make our ser vice and delivery*more prompt, if possible. 1 nected with another circuit thrive |n the sixth. Three other miscellaa- j V.U. run. drifts nvm., dur.n* th. t“ b **"' m * d '' by th ' U | S ' i • . Li . . _ i Survov i i I : • • * ,n, rt M- U. in thu second, on Kitta hit to Survey. There is la general mi^understand- right. In the foarth McKnight walk.- ing as to the food habifet of hawks ed and camg arouud op Hensley’s. an( j ow j g< ^ misundeirstanding which single. But at no time was Matthews hard pushed. Wh^n he went out in (he sixth to give Sprague a change to work, he had sent eight |ncn out on the thM| strike and hail allowed five hits. Sprague took up the job to perfection struck out sev< m more men in hia four innings and-*, held S. M. U. hitlaas. Bible, in tlyse two games, has put up four gtxxf' huslers w hose develppment hfeans a champ- 'mice And rats, and iohship baaegall team. I f be deniewk and ow , bounty ,. aw pay . n|c ;]• . f 4. j . ./U |>:U| Tell Us l|our Wants i' ’ * 'IMf, l r/| ; When in need of a smoke j WE HAVE IT! Also Candies and Cakes, and other good thing to eat. I Boyett’s Store yearly Results in the dea(h of thous ands of these md*t valuable birds at the hands of the uninforpied. This killing is done “for the |*t>tection of poultry*’, while as a flatter of fact we know that only a very,few species of either hawks or owls hat poultry. £ 1 he food of bi ds of prei is largely rll as t sa sa s i s aaa s^ ■ a ■ pm ^ t ^ |.| ^,lp whilej it can not . .j < — — * - ■ ■ ■ ■ , , . GUY BOYETT, Proprietor iir i ’ V>{ - T "ft/V : F k again took iti up. But it realll’ didn't make much difference to the Far mers. lif eighteen safe bingles tell anything; we were put for game Tuesday. Tbe success of this road fifty cents per scalp for hawks, and owl*. In the following two years 180,000 scalps were paid for. The result was disasterout; ra(s and mice trip is goin* to depend on odr *lug^ ^ ovef . ran ihe fleii tfcU the far- gmg and it looked good to see the old i .. . .. . .1 , . „ . _ I mers appealed to the stat* for a dis- hall hit so freely in these two (games. It means that we aren’t licked yet and continuance of the U4- It was es- that the old fight is always there. tiraated that the savirlg in poultry Rankin umpired both gfmes in hi* amounted to fl for each $1205 paid -J-+ CALL COX, WORLEY & FAIRMAN CLOSEOakbOPEN cars WHEN YOU WANT WITH OH WITIMM’T IMMVHHS Residence 666 PHONES N. Y. Cafe 303 usual snappy way. Al and M. AB Laekuy 1 5 Smith 1 Lewis — 6 Matthews — X Sprague * -i-.-.L 1 Higginbotham .L 5 fluynes ^.---4- j- 4 tileaxen J.4..J.L 5 Alexander _U- ! - 6 Dwyer L--- 4 Rothe _^.__4.—LJp.-4- 0 Crawford ..j —,_^3 Moore i 1 1 « out, while the excess damage to crops by rodents was over $2.h(>0,<500. A remarkable example of poor econ omy. - In order to emphasize the fact that these birds do good, ‘the follow ing summary of just a f^w common Texas species is offered. of questionable reputation. Does a great deal of good by eating rats, mipe, pocket gophers, skunks, weas els, etc., but does much damage to song birds, grouse, quail and poultry’- Rough-legged Hawk. A very com mon species in Texas, and one of (he lorger hawks. The food consists al most wholly of mice and rats. Ex- enpnationl showed that of 31 stomachs 28 contained mice, to an extent as nigh as 12 in one stomach, while but Total _ f 4 J_.42 S. M. U. AB [Uphog. 3b i 5 K i 11 -. 1 f i Otstott, lb L L_ 3 Pierce, ss _ 4 Renshaw,- C 4,--^4 4 Miarwiiiil cc 4.4 3 Cooper, rf * L 3 Hensley, 2b j 4 Stokes, p Grissom, Bam Owl < Monkey-fgced Owll. ihsee contained bird remains. The Owls have the habit of swallowing «ame is true of the so-called “Chick- ^ mice and birds whole, and! then cast- eh hawks”, which in reality rarely 1 ing out pellets containing hones, fur couch poultry. 0 or feathers which are ndt digested. Sparrow Hawk. The smallest of^ 0 An Examination of 200 of. these pel-1 ttia hawks, which, in spite of ita 0 lets found under a nest of this spec- nafne. feeds largely on grasshoppers. — ies showed 454 skulls pf (he follow- 4*> stomachs examined showed that 4 ing animafa: 225 meadow; mice; 179 45 jeontained grasshoppers, and 1 the house mice; 8 other mife;|20 shrews; 1 mole; 20 rats, and 1 spy-row. 453 injurious rodents against | bird, and that a spfrrow. And all within a few weeks. Where is tlje cat that has aor..l||gh—or se clean-4 a record? Still the Monkey-facg Ja killed at every turn. Long-eaded Owl. Exaidination of 150 pellets showed 137 mice of var ious specida; 26 shrew*; 13 birds, of which 11 were house sparrow*. Great hbmed Owl. Th^ only owl remains of a mouse. Cooper’s ^ Hawk (Blue . Darter). One of the two harmful hawks. 133 stomachs examined showed that 34 contained poultry and game birds, (gdouse, quail and pigeons), and 52 phasize the point in view, not be denied that hawks and rasionally eat birds and ppult such an occasional loss does any way justify a wholesale ter. The good they do so far tances the damage done that, exception of the C'qoper’g and shinned 'Hawks and perhaps homed Owl, the birds of prey the greatest consideration «t {the hands of the farmer and -of the pub lic in general. They alone stand bet tween the farmer and the hosts of rodents which yearly destroy millions of dollars worth of fruit trees. -g JUST TO REMIND YOU nMm Sheriday, Wyo, — A efilty ordin ance barring’ the shimmy dance has been passed, with penalty of a fin? of $100.> f J*j -j Mayor Camplin introduced the or dinance. which he said, was request ed by dancing masters, j In placing the ban on “vulgar and dndecent” dancing, the ordinance^ de- contained insect-eating song birds. fl ne , dancind positions which ar? Its close relative, the Sharp-shinned prohibited, such as '’dancing with Hawk, haa a similar record. 159 cheeks close or touching, with arm stomachs showed 99 song birds. All or arms around neck ef partner or other hawks feed practically entirely with shaking nr jerking of upper on mice aad other injurious animals, body while taking short steps or Thasi - should be sufficient to em- standing.** '4 / '• I • ■ '11 ; it . 1 . ‘ / -.1 •• ! Li - t I . F'?l) link .