SHOULD SMALL BIRDS BE EXTERMINATED?

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 922, 15 September 1910, Page 8

SHOULD SMALL BIRDS BE EXTERMINATED?

■■■}: / IN-UNDECIDED; QUESTION. ?£/ ////An' agricultural. topic which is fully -•"■■■■ entitled; to go on,.record/as one;-;of; the ,::;;;"eternal questions" .is a : matter, 'which :■,:: has; been: familiarly 'known for years as / .■',;: "the; small = bird '/nuisance?';/. . JVith; all :;.-;.the talk that has been, delivered,! and. all X 'the/columns that'. have' been .;; written, "if./anything,' has' been" effected; ':i ;;lJo;; harm ';/has . 'been;,, done, ".-•.■■however,-! ; :■;: through, the:subject having been so thorS/oughly/discussed./ /After all/tne!/execra-; ■:,.'v:don-which : has-been'poured ;ou'tho heads .-'■: of '•■ the /small: feathered ' creatures,, it is /// probable;.thut/wlien/L the ■ "eternal' -ques- .- ;;,. /tioh'.'lpute' in.. its/annual.'appearance at :■" itS/ivarious, stopping-places /'tbiis./year, : ; .events'./will prove that y-something.;ot' a: .:■;.reversal' of '= general,/'opinion: has..; taken ,•;!: place; and;that,'tlio.birds ire' in ;far -less ;;. danger,, of; being; slaughtered/-than; ; 'they: / //were/when.the. "matter.:was'/threshed'out. >;;' last;summer.■';/.-/:./;-;/:,•:!. ;i/ : -K::V-xx. : x J ~:.,:,. A 'beginning-' ii/ the 'direction indicated:' .. ;:iwas made, in Hawke's'Bay ;at the'.Vrecent-'-V:meeting.'.:of/-:!:the./.''Hawke's;,i'.'Bay.!.Gdunty:. "/f/Cpuhcil. ; '■■;■,'lV ; .is>;:not:vinferred.:that'.s.thy ;.t: council has; somersaulted:iii -its/opinion,' ://Jbut/it/is';desired//to./;poiilt /out/that /the //•/view/, the/ menibers' of/the; council- have /// takehxis !;a: 'very/ different ,• one.;, from ■ .that. ;//which./ : mahy'/bodies: ,havo : takeh/iiri /the/ /:..< past./ •;•- All', the/old/ difficulties, .were. -re-. /:/:Tived,:;:and,/the/discussion /ended . with- //■ out .anything' concreteyhavirig been done,' /-// but ;tho. pbseryations/;are /worthy/'of.'. :r&: .;,/: prpducMon, ./not.: oh/.account' of -any.new- :/ ness./ih'/them.'jbut/;b'eoause/:the -Eubje'ct; !/;,ss//fittre/ /vto/'/lwV'tuider/serioTis'/cohsid- '<{ S; very:- :/. <-Bhortlyi:'-- '. : Mr.-,..G.:-: P. \ ! Dohhelly'e : remarks /;/concerning /the/.destruction;! of;,:flies,vancl; ■i./inptKs ~i are ■ of; particular /interest.:, 'i- V'•■ :/j ;/!(/:At-/the/!hiee'tihg, /Councillor /:/Steadisaid; he :was;:cbnviriced■ that itiwas: / '; iiecessary 'to'take/somei',actioh:,,lo/ destroy'■ /: /the /small (that "■it: itb; ■/;^'allo.w/;tte : '/oate'rpi^Mß'.'.'in'/,the'■: , d^t^ict•■.t'6 i l !./;Hawke'6; BayMvas/rapidly/ibfr/ '.V":;com'ihg' a;'grain and/Ihe/'small; /becbming/'aWmeriaM;'! to "crops.':-: J'/;/The'?chairmah/(Gpuncillor'::T/:M.\ i Chani-1 /'.' toers) ;,'said; : he' had: some. -!doubt. -whether,; .:■;: if." they',. destroyed/the/ :smaU'.';birds,: : -.. : the; ;/:/caterpillars'/and:?gr'asshpppers ; ..wpuld; hot ;/'cause,greater' trouble/;/:.://// : /'■-/////" ///:,CounciUpr/;J./J.:vEathie:;Saidjthe jbirds S:/ Trere Z a/' very^^^/ercat'/iiuisahce,; ; :,tp. .•/greda/.crop's,'ibnt! : .to /'fruit -and'.ali,kinds.' / ? :of : «. things;/He! thought./it/w^is/the .staiv; /' ; ..:lirigß,/'and!'not.:.the'.;6mWlvbirds,.;: /'/etroyed:!.the//caterpillars.'//^Something: :/?Bhpuli : berdbrrt!.-/;/:. /::'/:/:;■' ://;;!!' : :':// : .-./'-. "Coit'nbillor:; G.; P./:/Donnelly;';6aid ;that ;./;,years''/agor':before i :the:!sniall: birds -were,- /:> intrqdnced/;int6uthei/district,, they ; /.would, --■!'letnember/.what/-,a~great/ ,riui6ance'V ; the, /:!caterpillars/!were;/ /Since'tlie-small/birds.; •/. /'were:. .brought/.'ih///tKe/v.caterpillars/ ! ;and, ':■■''grasshoppers •/had/gradually; : ,.dihiinished. :?;! He/:thoußht/;the/;caterp'illar ;;;;wquld; ;do,; .-.::: more/yharni,/than-'the small: -birds.V:'His -'•:•experience •'■ was .1 that !t!ie: birds , destroyed: ; ;:/the/flies'br/niotlis; : ;/;piUarß-' come. :/:■!/>/':--i/':-/y yZZ J'-;/r;/v/ //■: -• .:'£/Councillor!:' ; H.":'lan./^Simsoii;::' : said :m f ; ;:i7ould/muoh : -'rathe'r.'have:th'e,-/6maU;birds :. /than.;;the'- caterpillars. -:///// : V! ■;!'! i\X- '!// «/: "•;':pduhoillbri;:Clark^said;!he : /had v :npticed; /v'that^the^evhad I ;been;■a;';decreaseJm;::/the.j • : . v number - of-^^Dotiflies: ih/:the; district.,'. 7 .,;-. ; : , ; ::;;The l ;cliairmari/:said ; /"that/many /years:/!■:'agb;'tha' grasshoppers.-ahd eaterpillars had; f/ f devbured,/every thing ;;before ,/ith'eni:. ./_, He: /' v remembered f : 'seeing'.':a: plantation/entirely /'i'Bpollt/by/grasshoppers.::;/ Since' that time, ■Ply,-and/he :.fhaJd:::noti(!ed^.thaJ;.- : t ; he;catOTr:/KoiUars/and were' S■' pest ; ; that/ th'ejr i h'alis been;/;/;Kie/crickets: !;.'" : -fiad';■''also^':been-.t r a : 'nu'isance v 7ears.iago,. r Mt. •;-:iiow-/they/;wero ::i weTe/,a; ■'--::auisance, the/farmers/and, others : :; ;- f -:y; -leasti entitled-tbVa;little, grain. .:/,;/.//:■