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undoubtedly also do much more 

 good than harm, as they are in- 

 sectivorous as well as destroyers 

 of large quantities of weed seeds. 

 Any observer of the doings of our 

 sparrow well knows how greedily 

 they are after insects and how 



they incessantly pick up weed 

 seeds and grain of all kinds 

 on our streets and gardens. 

 Unless, therefore, they become a 

 real public nuisance, the town 

 sparrows should not be molested. 

 What say the Texas Field readers 

 about . it ? 



A Freak of Nature in a Giant Texas Oak Tree. 



In plantliie it is well known 

 that all sorts of qUeer abnormal 



growths, deformaties and trans^-; 

 plantations occur; but that one 



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HuGB Oak Tree With Ingrown Hackberry Tree, ^ear River Salado Bend 



