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Bob White Friend
Of The Farmer
Every boy or girl raised on the
farm, we feel sure, admires and
loves Bob White, our common
quail, or “partridge” as he is us¬
ually called. He is such a fine-look¬
ing fellow, when he flies upon a
post or stump and looks at the
landscape, so spruce, so graceful.
so gallant; there is so much music
in his voice as he calls out, “Bob
White, Bob White,” across the
fields m the sunset of a cool sum¬
mer day; he is such good sport and
such good eating that it is easy to
understand why he is a general
favorite. There is not one of us
that would not miss him if he
came into the orchards and mead-
ows no more.
It is not only because he is a
thing of beauty, and cheerful
and interesting neighbor how¬
ever, that he should be regarded
with particular friendliness. Every
quail is worth good hard money to
the farmer on whose land he takes
up his abode. As a destroyer of
weeds and insects he has few
equals. A recent writer in the
Youth’s Companion tells of some
actual meals made by these active
and hearty little birds, and the
figures are surprising. In a single
day one quail has eaten 12,500
plantain seeds. Other records are,
12,000 pigweed seeds or 15,000 of
lamb’s quarter in a day and 1,000
of crabgrass at a meal. When it
comes to insects his appetite is
equally as good.
One quail ate 5,000 plant lice in
a day. At another time the same
bird devoured 568 mosquitoes in
three hours and then quit only be-
se the supply gave jut. I hey
"all sorts of injurous insects,
potato beetles, cutworms, Hes-
sian flies, boll weevils, chinch bugs
codling moths, grasshoppers—just
anything that comes handy it
seems. It is bard even to conceive
of the vast number of injurious in¬
sects a covey of quail will consume
in the course ol a year, The de-
struction of every one of these in¬
sects, too, is a positive benefit to
the farmer; and for this reason
alone, one should always hesitate
before killing a quail, or indeed a
bird of any kind unless positively
known to be injurious. Scientists
tell us, and they are doubtless
right about it, that if it were not
for the birds it would be a matter
of only a few years until the in¬
sects and creeping things would
have the upper hand of us. The
the crops would dissapear from
our fields, and men everywhere
would be in danger of starvation
simply because they would be un-
able to combat the countless multi¬
tudes of insects which would de-
vour and destroy the plants upon
which men depend for food.
Every boy, therefore, who want¬
only kills a bird or injures a nest,
not only does a cruel and unmanly
thing, but also makes it harder
for the farmer to raise his crops
to maturity. The protection of a
quail’s nest or of a brood of young
ones should be considered a matter
THE FITZGERALD LEADER. SATURDAY JUNE 24. 1911
course. There is some excuse j
for shooting Bob White after he
grow s up and is able to a large ex
tent to take care of himself, but
there can be absolutely none for
the killing of any song bird not
good for food, or for the breaking
up of any bird’s nest.
Let qs protect the quail, then.
If we find a nest, leave it sacredly
alone: discourage as far as possible
the roaming of worthless dogs over
the fields; regulate hunting and in¬
sist that never shall a covey of
quail be completely killed out.
The man who will do this is no
sportsman: anyway, but is a mere
butcher. The true sportsman, i-
going to be satisfied with a reason
able “kill”. Proper protection of
our game birds will be of beneth
to both hunter and farmer: but ii
it becomes a question as to wheth
er the farmer or hunter is to
prevail, the farmer’s rights must
always prevail ov< r the hunter’.-
wishes. No man should be allowed
to shoot on another’s land without
permission, and always the hunter
should be under strict supervision.
And while protecting our good
friend Bob, let us remember that
the other birds deserve the same
friendship and care. The crow is a
nuisance often; sometimes it is
well to use a shot gun on a fleck of
blackbirds; the English sparrow
does harm by driving more useful
birds away; it may occasionally be
necessary to make an orchard or
garden unpleasant lor the robins
or cat birds; in some sections the
rice birds become too numerous;
two or three hawks and one or two
species of owls are injurious. But
aside from these it is safe to pro¬
tect by any means in our power all
the birds with which we meet. It
is only because we have not appre¬
ciated their value that we have
not done all in our power to insure
their safety and happiness; and
certainly the man or boy who
would needlessly injure one of
these little creatures is lacking in
some of the possibilities of real
manhood.
Sta.te Chamber Car
CordiaJlv Greeted
Barnesville, Ga., June 22.—
The scout car of the State Cham¬
ber of Commerce returned to
Washington from New York city
Thursday, where the party went
for a conference with the New
York Chamber of Commerce.
The party reports a most pleasant
time, the officials promising cor¬
dial affiliation with the Georgia
Chamber of Commerce.
The Barnesville party leaves
Washington Friday for Rich¬
mond, where they will be ten¬
dered a reception by Gov. Mann.
Governor Mann has promised to
attend the Barnesville convention
in July and make an address.
From Richmond the party will
return to Barnesville via the na¬
tional highway, arriving here
next Thursday. A representa¬
tive of the Associated Press will
join the scout car on its return
trip and report the progress of
the state chamber movement.
Presbyterian Church
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Rev. R. A. Brown, pastor of
the First Presbyterian church of
Waycross, Ga , who through the
past week has been preaching
with such acceptance, will preach
at 11 a. m. and 8 p. m., next Sun¬
day.
His morning theme will be “The
Church from the Presbyterian
Point of View.”
His evening theme, “Prepare to
Meet Thy God.”
At 4:30 p. m. he will conduct
a meeting at the City Hall Park.
Special music will be rendered.
A cordial invitation is extended
to all.
Rev. A. W. Pierce.
First Baptist Church.
The Young People, “Royal Am¬
bassadors” and “Y. W. As.” will
have charge of the services at the
First Baptist church Sunday night
b e gj nn i n g at eight o’clock. Every-
body invited.
There will be no preaching
services Sunday morning, on ac¬
count of the absence and the pastor
who will go to Oeilla to assist in
the ordination of deacons.
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T^ft VV’o\ild Correct
P\jre Food Statute
New York, June 21.—Impor¬
tant amendments to the pure food
act are proposed by President
Taft. It was announced today be¬
fore the president left for New
Haven, Conn., that he had pre¬
pared and sent to congress by fast
mail a special message dealing
with the subject.
It is the president’s idea to make
the law more effective against the
misbranding of patent medicines
The amendments proposed will
make it unlawful for a manufac¬
turer of patent medicines to
promise a cure upon the labels of
the bottle in cases where a cure is
obviously impossible.
The United States supreme
court has held that the present
pure food act does not apply to
other than misbranding of the in¬
gredients of the nostrum com¬
pounds, and it is this omission in
the law which President Taft seeks
to remedy.
DENTAL WORK.
Done on installment, by Drs.
Holtzendorf and Turner. Rooms
208-9-10, 2nd floor 5 Story Bld’g.
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For full information in regard to fars.s, schedules,
etc., call on your ticket agent, or
T. E. HARRIS. G. N. PATRICK,
Commercial Agent, Traveling Pass. Agent,
Valdosta, Ga. Douglas, Ga,
C. H- GATTIS, General Pass. Agent,
Augusta, Georgia.
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