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IOWA ACADEMY OF SCIENCE 
It has been stated that the crow eats grasshoppers but this is 
not always true as the grasshoppers are to he dound at about 
the time the corn is in the milk stage and the crow feeds on 
the com rather than on the grasshopper. If you dissect the crow 
you will find his stomach contains com instead of grasshoppers. 
Further than this how many eggs and chickens does, he destroy 
in Iowa? He is also a destroyer of many helpful birds in the 
forest-growing country. The birds that are seed destroyers are 
as follows : first, the ground sparrow ; second, the mourning dove ; 
third, the wild canary; fourth, the quail. These birds are of 
great value to the fanhers of the state. But the crow is a de- 
stroyer of these birds. Therefore there should be a bounty on 
the crow in every county. 
Eldora. 
