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hundred thousand rosebushes from the 
larvee of the cockchafer. In Germany, 
one million and a half trees were killed in 
a few years by a bark-boring beetle. 
Here in our own state large appropria- 
tions are called for to destroy the eggs of 
the Gypsy moth. 
In Prussia, at one time, the farmers 
were made liable to a capitation tax of 
twelve heads of sparrows a year, but the 
result of this policy, at the end of two 
years, proved so harmful to the wheat 
that the tax was removed and sparrows 
saved from extermination 
In 1820, there was an old-fashioned 
shooting match in North Bridgewater, in 
this state,and birds were killed in such 
abundance that cartloads were used for 
fertilizers. Soon the herbage began to 
show signs of injury; tufts of withered 
grass appeared, and the fields and pas- 
tures were well-nigh ruined. 
The Marsh Hawk destroys large num- 
bers of field mice and beetles. The 
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