In the latter case damase ml^ht be expooted in eoae Inatanoee* A 
nambor of fields of peanuts and field oom were ezaained but in no 
oase was aq^ oertain daaage evident* As these crops have a different 
oethod of growth from the legumes^ it seems doubtful that doves would 
be capable of molesting them. Ho evidence of their doing so was found* 
Ho romains of soy beans were found in the stomaohs of the mourning doves 
that were collected* 
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Control aothods Against Xoujmlng Doves* 
The length of time luring which soy beans are open to attaoic is 
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short and control measures to bo effective must be applied promptly# 
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During favorable weather^ an entire field ehonld develop past the point 
of danger in from three to five da^s# In cold damp weather this period 
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might be more or less lengthened* During this time, ohlldren or others 
me-' be employed In frightening the doves from the fields and a certain 
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sBOunt of shooting may be done to drive thou out and make them more wajy* 
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Where the birds seem too abundant^ recouree may be had to poisoning with 
some grain treated with stryohnine* During the oourse of the present 
brief iuvestigationf it was found that birds were present In such sraall 
numbers and frequented the cultivated areas in Svich an irregular manner 
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that it urns not worth idille or practloable to carry on any experiments in 
poisoning* Prom the experience of man engaged in rodent eztemlnatlon Y 
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in the test. It appears that any of the etandard strychnine baits would \ 
