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(SEDAN TYPE) 
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Nature Notes 
A Defence of the Crow 
Prof. Massey in his “Notes.” page 
12fd), says that an epidemic some time 
ago carried oil' the crows, so that he does 
not see any itow. 1 see by what he writes 
that he is not a “crow* man. and maybe 
from his standpoint he is right. Wo still 
appear to have all our crows, and do not 
mind them. They even come into the 
city, and I think they must even nest in 
sections where trees are numerous and 
bushy. Birds cannot really lie judged by 
what they will do in the South, where 
they go to escape llie cold weather. Like 
a brace of hoys or dogs away from home, 
they will conduct themselves sometimes 
quite differently then. From the time 
when Washington Irving studied the 
bobolink and wrote him up as a quiet, 
inoffensive fellow in a Northern orchard, 
but a robber in the South, we all know 
that such ways are possible. 
My farm experience, anti it is a fairly 
long one, is that the crow is always a 
friend in the immense amount of insects 
and field mice lie devours, and only now 
and then a robber. 1 believe that it is 
due almost entirely to crows that our 
fields are not overrun by mice. Skunks, 
weasels and foxes are not now numerous, 
thanks to the man with a trap or a gun, 
so the crow has most of that work to do. 
He is wary enough to keep out of the 
hands of the fowler, and he is worthy of 
his keep. But as soon a* he carries off: 
an egg or a chicken he is made doubly an 
outlaw and voted, but not quite “fired,” 
out of the community. 
I believe that we all admire the crow, 
whether we believe in him or not. Such 
a brave and successful fight as lie has 
always made against the worst of odds! 
I do not think he could ho exterminated 
if his llesli was gbod to eat lie is so 
“onto” all schemes for capturing him. It 
is a sad commentary on human greed and 
thoughtlessness that such a useful and 
harmless bird as the quail, and I might 
of course mention several more birds, has 
been so nearly driven out that we now 
sec one only now and then. I believe 
that if the evidence in regard to the 
crow in the North was all in we would 
find the credit side much the larger. 
New York. J. W* C. 
We are willing to give the crow or any 
other animal a chance to be heard, but it 
will be hard to convince farmers. If the 
meat of the crow was only equal to quail, 
or if the quail had the sense of the crow 
to escape danger! But what a tough 
word that “if” is. 
Will You Face the Bitter Blizzards 
In an Open Car This Winter? 
When the smashing price cuts on genuine Rex Tops make 
it cost so little to hare real comfort 
It never cost so little to buy real closed car protection 
as it does today. 
Check over the list of popular-make cars at the 
lower left hand corner. If your car is in this list, 
your dealer is in a position to sell you a genuine Rex 
Top (Sedan Type) at a price which seems almost 
unbelievable—compared with the comfort and con¬ 
venience you enjoy. 
Transforms Your Open Car Into a 
Comfortable, Luxurious Coupe or Sedan 
At the present very low price of the Rex Top, you 
get the same closed car luxury which formerly cost 
so much more; you get the greatest use out of your 
car every month of the year—in all kinds of weather 
'—you travel with a sense of snug security which you 
never have with an open car. Your school, your 
church, and your friends are closer to you than ever. 
Electric Dome Light Makes Interior 
Even More Attractive at Night 
The effect of the rich trimming, the wide doors, the 
generous windows and other smart fittings becomes 
even more attractive at night when you turn on the 
Write for beautifully illustrated folder which shows how the Rex Top looks installed on your 
particular car, together with details of remarkably low price. Give name and model of your car. 
electric dome light and it throws its radiance over 
the interior. With the Rex Top you forget the 
leaky, flapping curtains; you have all the protection 
from the weather that money can buy for you and 
the smartness of line which comes only in a top 
which is “tailored” to fit your car. 
Your Dealer Will Gladly 
Give You the Details 
The dealer from whom you bought your car will 
gladly tell you all the details about Rex Tops, show 
you how easily they are adjusted for every season 
of the year (see pictures below) and explain how 
Rex patented construction holds the weight down 
(saving tires and gasoline) and still keeps the top 
free from squeaks and rattles —absolutely noise 
proof. 
He will also tell you about the big price cut on Rex 
Tops—and how little it costs to install the particular 
model which fits your car. 
Prepare to enjoy your car this winter by getting in 
touch with your dealer at once. 
REX MANUFACTURING COMPANY 
CONNERSVILLE, INDIANA 
Entomologists and Bats 
On page 1003 you print my statement 
nhiuit hats, anti say: “Our entomologists 
are convinced that the bats could not en¬ 
dure our Northern Winters.” Entomolo¬ 
gists are professors of science of insects, 
and the hat is not an insect, hut belongs 
to the Chiroptera family, and is a mam¬ 
mal. The Chiroptera are very little known 
or studied even by the scientists, who 
are supposed to know the mammalia. Tne 
Smithsonian Institution Las issued a hook 
on hats by a professor who has made a 
life study of the Chiroptera and he stilt;'* 
that thev are the oldest form of life still 
living on the earth, and there are over 
3,000 varieties. Your ent unol gists are 
wrong in their surmise, ns this particular 
variety of the Chiroptera is found as far 
north as the Arctic Circle. It hibernates 
in Winter, and in that state can he 
thrown around like a ball or plaything, 
and to all appearances is dead, but will 
revive in the Spring. The tropical va¬ 
riety cannot stand a temperature of 22 
deg. F„ hut the variety commonly known 
as the Velvet-winged bat eat) and does 
pass through Canadian Winters. Let the 
entomologists adhere to the 500.000 va¬ 
rieties of insects, for they are off’ their 
base when they give opinions on the 
maiiwualin, especially the Chiroptera. As 
well say mosquitoes cannot stand a 
Northern Winter, but they are found in 
the Arctics. GEOROE 0. COLEMAN. 
Spring and Fall — 
Front pan git rtmevtd — 
rtar pattt Is xjfardinp pro¬ 
tection from drafts 
Made for These Cars 
BUICK — E-<4, fT-44, K 44. 
E <6, li-46, K 45, F.-49, H-49, 
K -49. 21-41, 22-44, 21-46, SB-45. 
21-49, 22-49. 
(On 22 untie* nut* must be out¬ 
ride o i xemJatds) 
NASH—Two Paifenffer Road- 
atg-r No. 686. Spootlater No. OS7, 
VSr 0 (%s*iRf«r No. 681, Seven 
P*v*<?n»ccr No. 682, 
PAIGE— Urchmont C-65, Glen- 
brook 642. 
R EO — Five PMenetr T-6, Two 
P*Ns«»r,ffor U-4 and U 0 
STUDEBAKER - Ltxht six 
1919 S*rt««* l >« trait MoiImJ. Spe¬ 
cial Slv 1920 and 1921 iswno*. Bur 
Six 1919. liKH At.d 1921 Scries. 
Dodge rrothfp<- 
Rnai]afor f Straight Windshield), 
Hund*tor SUntint? Windshield. 
Low Cowl). 
ESSEX— Touring Car* bearing 
aerial number* under 608.664. 
also Roadster. 
HUDSON 
Midsum me r — All 
Panels Removed 
Midsummer — All 
panels removed — Sterm 
curtains in place to pro¬ 
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Sedan 
-- Seven Passenger 
Touring Car. M audO Seri*** ami 
all car* numnaferf from 100,000 
to 104,346. 
Four Pasaongor Speedater, M 
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Winter — Full protection 
against blizzards 
and cold 
Gunpowder for Woodchucks 
On page 100(1 you speak of gunpowder 
for woodchucks. For 30 years I have 
used blasting powder. I till a piut bottle 
about one-third full of powder and put 
in a heaping teaspoon of ground red pep¬ 
per to help out the sneezing effect, a 
caper I learned when I went to school, 
putting red pepper on a hot stove. Mix 
well, put in 2-ft fuse. Cut a slor for 
fuse to lit tight in cork, li strikes me a 
bottle is better than a paper bag. and as 
tin- bottles are some 1 find along the 
highway. I do not know what better use 
1 can put them to. It makes a sure thing 
they will not be used for whiskey again, 
and usually it makes a sure thing of the 
woodchucks, too, if first all holes are 
securely closed up It takes so much less 
time than trapping or shooting them. 
One can fix up and take a dozen such 
charges in a market basket. 
Two of our hired men read of using the 
exhaust from a touring ear. They tried 
it. spent two or three hours at one hole, 
got out of gas. and did not heat the wood¬ 
chuck. a. a. s. 
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INTEISNATIOS VI. COMMERCIAL llOESE 
llcpt. s.'JS, tS!S Broadway. New York, N. Y 
“Now. Roland, wlmt is the term ‘etc. 
used for?” asked the teacher. “It stand 
for all the rest we don’t know.” replies 
Roland.—Credit Lost. 
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