His turn, next 



Crow Babies 



Dora B. Haines 



Newark, X. J. 



Speaking of the crow, Chapman says, "In spite of his great 

 circle of acquaintances, he has few friends. . . there is a price 

 upon his head; every man's hand is against him." But even a 

 crow may not be as black as he is painted. He is not appreciated 

 by the vast majority of unfeathered bipeds, yet I have met a 

 Vermont farmer who, when his corn is well sprouted, sows the 

 field a second time to attract the crows. "They save the value 

 of what they eat in the grasshoppers they kill," he told me. 

 And whoever has had a tame crow will look with friendly eyes 

 on all others for his sake. 



I spent my vacation at a Cape Cod farm-house. During a 

 terriffic storm a number of trees were destroyed and in one was a 



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