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porters instead of having a powerful enemy to oppose. 
Sportsmen who want to be unmolested will attempt to 
argue you out of protective notions by telling you the 
skunk steals chickens, that raccoons get into the corn, that 
muskrats have been known to destroy gardens, that rabbits, 
if common, eat too much grass to be tolerated; that the 
woodchuck, squirrels, beavers and the remaining tribe of 
wild animals are useless. To this it is well to be able to 
show some of the usefulness of these animals, for this seems 
to be the test. It is still the common notion that the earth 
was made specially for man and to think that other animals 
have no rights. It is well not to take the opinion of 
hunters as to the value of any animal, but to know for one- 
self, to inquire of the well-known scientists of the state and 
consult the authoritative literature. 
Courtesy of Shield’s Magazine. 
Young Crows 
