VIII. 

 THE CROW 



THE intelligence of the crow is admitted by 

 those who deny reason to the lower animals. 

 This bird is so large and is so meddlesome in 

 human affairs that he has forced mankind to 

 acknowledge his intelligence. 



While I admire his ability to look out for 

 number one, I do not believe that he is in 

 any way beneficial to the farmer. In my 

 opinion, he is a great deal blacker than he 

 is painted by our wise men at Washington. 

 After a lifetime knowledge of the crow, with 

 ten years' close observation of his habits, I 

 have nothing to say in his favor. 



While farming in Maine I was a sworn 

 enemy of the crow. Not because he pulled 

 up my corn, thinned out my barley, and car- 

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