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Bishop. 3b
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0
0
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Kitta. If
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1 $
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Otstott. lb.
4
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Pierce, sa J
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0
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Renshaw, c _-
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McKnight. cf
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Cooper, rf
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Hensley. 2b U._|-
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Scott, p
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HAWKS AP® OWLS
AREVALUABUAS
PEST DESTROYERS
Tbroujfh XiHundt-mtandifiK Many are ±
Killed by Peraona Irnorant of
Their Value.
(By Prof. A. H. Oahn).
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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 [ \
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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.
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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 : • • *
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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 denie<i that an oeCAsidnal bird is
Th. Hvldin^ af Tuendny’, B «m. Vn, . ate „', h . ^.n,, L tar out-
raggetl at t|mes-even laxy.* Four ■ F ‘
errors were dbalketi up and ev4n more ^e birds as to mhk« thr lat
had plays akoWed up. But if the t®'* practically no importance when.
fielding was ibut ordinary, the hitting credit and debit is conaiddred.
was suoerb. Stakes went ouf in the i n j^r, Pennsylvania passed a
fourth under* the attpek and ^riKsom .. h>wk and ow , bounty ,. aw pay . n|c
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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.
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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
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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
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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.**
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