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In Favor of tHe Birds, 



The Sonoma County Farmer hopes 

 that tlie legislature will place more 

 protection about the birds that are 

 the friends of the fruitgrower instead of 

 discriminating in favor of the various 

 hunting clubs that have become so popu- 

 lar of late. Wherever there is an intel- 

 ligent horticultural commission at work, 

 "God's Sweetest Musicians" find active 

 partisans. The following from a corre.s- 

 pondent o:' the Fresno Republican shows 

 the value of the feathered tribe : 



"Every rancher should understand 

 that birds, besides being ornamental r.nd 

 companionable, have a cash value, as 

 protectors of fruit trees, and consumers 

 of noxious weed seed. In this neighbor- 

 hood the peach and apricot crop was far 

 lighter in 1902 than in any former year. 

 The fruitgrower cannot expect to suc- 

 ceed so long as birds are killed or driven 

 out of the country by the use of trained 

 dogs, and his trees filled with shot and 

 destructive insects. A year ago a neigh- 

 bor lost nine turkeys and we have lost our 

 last tame dove Of course, hunters 

 would not kill turkeys, chickens nor 

 doves, neither would they shoot on for- 

 bidden grounds, unless they saw the op- 

 portunity of doing so. 



"To be sure, birds eat early apricots, 

 but for every pound eaten they sava 

 hundreds of pounds. In 1890 orchards 

 swarmed with wild doves and othe.- 

 birds. The trees were loaded with fruit 

 and nests; and fruit sold high. M. G- 

 Gurtenlaubsold«i9000 woith off of eigh- 

 teen acres of orchard." 



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A new industry is to be established in 

 Echo, Oregon, in canning Jackrabbits. 

 The animals are to be captured in drives, 

 such as are common in the San Joaquin 

 Valley, and slaughtered as wanted. A 

 large pen covering an .so acre alfalfa field 

 will be built, and from this wings will 

 be run a mile each way. Whenever a 

 new stock is required a drive will be in- 

 stituted and the jacks from the whole 

 surrounding neighborhood be driven in- 

 to the pen. Here is a hint for Fresno 

 county. The now pestiferous and de- 

 structive jack might be converted into a 

 source of profit, and that once done, he 

 would .soon be reduced below the danger 

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Fruit conditions improve as the sea- 

 son advances. Trees are now in full 

 bloom, and there is every indication of a 

 very heavy cro|>. Unless wo have a thin- 

 ning frost during the coming month, 

 severe hand thinning will be necessary. 

 While for many reasons a frost is to be 

 feared, it might prove a blessing to many 

 fruit growers, in redut-ing the need of 

 help in the thinning season. 



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