THE SPARROW NUISANCE.
TO THE EDITOR. Sir,— Permit me to make a suggestion re the sparrow nuisance. It would be almost useless to attempt a remedy just now — too much corn abroad. Next seed sowing time I imagine would be best. When that time arrives, if a day for poisoning was fixed for Waikato, and its settlers devoted that day for scattering poisoned wheat in their own immediate neighbourhood, a wholesale slaughter would naturally ensue. Combined action is absolutely necessary. All local bodies should move and the county councils take the initiative. Subscriptions would be necessary. Some of our local millers would possibly supply the poisoned article at a cheap rate. The Acclimatisation Society should contribute largely. One farmer on the Waipa has suffered severely this season from the double pest of the caterpillars and spai-rows. Query. — Who introduced the sparrow into New Zealand ? — I am, &c, SPATOROWHAWK.
I know not which of the twain lifts man the higher, genius or gentleness ; genius lifts himselt above others, gentleness out of himself. It is not until the flower has fallenoff that the fruit begins to ripen. So in life, it is when the romance is past that the practical usefulness begins.
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Waikato Times, Volume XVIII, Issue 1497, 7 February 1882, Page 3
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200THE SPARROW NUISANCE. Waikato Times, Volume XVIII, Issue 1497, 7 February 1882, Page 3
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