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No Use for a Cat 
I cannot refrain from replying to Nan 
Terrell Rood on page 272. 
As secretary of tlie Connecticut State 
Board of Fisheries and (tame for eight 
years. I have been in position to observe 
both sides of the cat and bird question, 
and in that time have been completely 
changed from a eat-lover to a bird-lover. 
No sane person can argue in favor of 
eats when they know the value of birds 
and what eats do to them. As eats do 
most of their damage nights, when we 
are asleep, very little is really known of 
their depredations. 
I Could till several issues of your paper 
with reports of eye-witness experiences— 
not theory, guesswork, imagination, nor 
biased opinion, but actual facts prov¬ 
ing conclusively that eats are not only 
n very expensive luxury, but an actual 
menace to the health and welfare of the 
human race. 
People who complain because birds 
help themselves to some of their cher¬ 
ries and small fruits either do not know, 
or else do not stop to think, that they 
themselves are to blame if they do not 
get the cherries. The birds tell them 
when the cherries arc ripe, and if they 
do not pick the crop themselves they 
should not blame the birds for picking 
them. If you neglect your potato crop 
when the bugs begin to eat you lose your 
crop; just so with the cherries. It's up 
to you. As a matter of fact, if it were 
not for the birds to keep in check the 
insect pests there would be no cherries, 
fruits or any growing tilings. Which is 
preferable, ‘to let the birds have a small 
portion, or the bugs, worms, beetles, cat¬ 
erpillars, weevils, moths, grubs, grass¬ 
hoppers, spiders, plaut lice, ticks, scale 
and others, destroy everything? Have 
not the insect: pests increased wit,liin re¬ 
cent years in direct proportion to the 
decrease of bird life? 
Your correspondent asks; “Why should 
fl. V. destroy cats because they cat oh 
birds?” and gives as reasons for the cats’ 
acts. ‘‘It is sometimes their only way of 
securing food." their ‘‘instinct.”_cl*\ Tins 
question alone exposes “.Nan's” ignorance 
of her subject. No doubt. “Nan” does 
not molest mosquitos when they bite her, 
because it is their ‘‘instinct” and ‘‘only 
way of securing food." Forbush's book. 
“Tile Domestic Fat," is interesting read¬ 
ing for those who are interested, either 
for or against: it can be had from the 
Department of Agriculture. State House, 
Boston. Mass. The Audubon Society. 
State of Connecticut, also has literature 
on tlie subject. Write Wilbur F, Smith, 
Box 2.12. South Norwalk. Conn. 
As rat and mouse-ex term in ntors, cats 
are a failure. I have yet to fine one farm 
place with cats that does not also have 
rats and mice. It has been demonstrated 
that places can be freed from these pests 
without cats. 
It is gratifying to know that people are 
becoming more and more enlighetned in 
these matters, and the licensing of cats is 
only a matter of education and lime; it's 
as sure to come as did the licensing <>l 
dogs, and cat-lovcrs should welcome it, as 
it would protect their pets and rid ns of 
the mongrels, the tramp cats, and those 
that do tin* most damage. c. if. CEASE. 
Connecticut. 
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.Green Mountain 
(Ml page .Dili a \ irginin corresponorui 
takes issue with statements to the effect 
that. bnrn mvls are efficient destroyers of 
rodents. He say in part.: "Exact state¬ 
ments of I his kind, especially from scion- 
lilic* sounds arc interesting, and this 
would be far more interesting if we could 
know bow the problem was solved, and 
the solution arrived at.” 
For his benefit. I wish to quote as fol¬ 
lows: "III 1.274 barn owl pellets col¬ 
lected in the tower of tlie Smithsonian 
building, in Washington, I>. F wer" 
found 1,091 skulls of short-tailed field 
mice. 050 of the house mouse. 210 of the 
Common rat, and II* of other smaller 
rodents. 
"Another collection of <>7-> pellets were 
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152 house mice and I.">4 house rats. 
"In California. 592 owl pellets col¬ 
lected contained skulls and traces of 2<>1 
pocket gophers. 7 1 held mice. 1>S4 pocket 
mice, 144 deer mice, 50 harvest, mice, -*>0 
kangaroo rats, anil 1 2Li ]i<*nse mire.. An¬ 
other California report, is of two pairs ol 
barn owls in Fresno County. Ciu* night s 
capture, in addition to the parity eaten 
remains and fresh skeletons of several 
more, consisted of five pocket < gophers, 
five kangaroo rats, and three mice.” 
In 1910-1917, in cue single county of 
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respondent is a resident, apple growers 
reported damage amounting to $100,009 
done to fruit trees by pine mice, if this 
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