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Canadian Forestry Journal, .j," ember, 1918 



THE UNIVERSin OF TORONTO 



AND 



UNIVERSITY COLLEGE 



WITH WHICH ARE FEDERATED 



ST. MICHAEL'S, TRINITY and VICTORIA COLLEGES 



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 EDUCATION 



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APPLIED SCIENCE 



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 HOUSEHOLD SCIENCE SOCIAL SERVICE 



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IN DEFENCE OF THE CROW 



(A letter in the Manitoba Free Press. 



Sir — I trust you will pardon me for 

 again taking issue with you relating 

 to the preservations of our game and 

 ■vidld birds generally. In the present 

 instance under the heading "Corvous 

 the Malefactor" you print in your 

 issue of the 16th, a very severe 

 denunciation of the crow which might 

 well leave your readers under the 

 impression that this bird is wholly 

 obnoxious. The article is obviously 

 written by one who views the ques- 

 tion entirely from the view of the 

 sportsman: forgetting, apparently, 

 that there is another side equally 

 important, namely the bird's rela- 

 tion to agriculture. 



The crow, as is well known, is a 

 native of North America. It has, 

 therefore, existed side by side with 

 the various species of grouse long 

 before man settled in these parts. 

 Yet the grouse survived in abundance. 

 That the crow has increased in late 

 years is possible, but that it occurred 



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