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In January 1925, three came to our sanctuary, and to tell the truth I rather wel- comed them; but in 1927 and 1928 they began to Wear out their welcome for they ate [up all the bob-white quail food I had hanging about the premises. In- 1929 and 1930 they drove out the five to ten thousand purple man‘tins that roosted here in late July and August. Think of it, readers, I had over 100 occupied mourning doves‘ nests on less than one acre and these birds are driving them out. They have driven out over ninety per cent of our beautiful red- headed woodpeckers in this locality. In every part of America they are occupying the woodpeckers’ cavities in trees. Remember, we have never allowed a starling to nest on our premises. of seasickn‘ess and the possibilities of homesicknessl prevent me from going to England to see dear old Leicester- shire, the birthplace of my parents who praised that spot, next to Heaven So, in speaking of the starling let us leave off its mationality altogether and call it just starling. ' . In July, 1931, we declared war onl them and built a starling net or trap,‘ and by September first we had Caught drowned and buried over 17,000; but bless your life there were a million came to their funeral. Then the Italians of Windsor came down with a net and under our supervision they caught, smothered and trucked to Windsor approximately 200,000. These were used to feed the hungry. In February our men hauled‘ out of this starling roost nearly fifty wagon loads of pine needles and starling‘ droppings. To clean it thoroughly they had to take about two of the four inches of pins needles out with the manure. This left the other two inches of needles quite clean. Two weeks later there were at least five bushels to the acre of yellow, undi- gested shell corn lying on the ground. A portion of this corn was dropped where my son’s chickens got and- ate it, and over 100 of his John S. Martin strain of White Wyandottes died be- fore we could check this deathly ldisease. ' always call the European Sparrow the English Sparrow and the» Starling the English Starling is thoughtlessly un- mannerly on our part. Let us keep in mind we are part of the British Empire and these two un- desirable species of birds are not a bit more English than they are French, German or Italian. They are imported European undesirable birds, that‘s all. Moreover, only the dread These starlings are eatable. My sister scalded and cleaned 24 in less than an hour. I took these 24 dressed starlings to Kingsvill-e and weighed them on two different scales and the 24 weighed exactly three pounds. She then made a real English blackbird pie of them, and the only cheerful part of my story is they were fit to set before the King, that is if‘ the King got there ahead of me. The fact is, if properly cooked, they are a treat on the table and that is one point of hope of controlling them. My reason for not reporting them sooner is 'that I wanted to be absolute- ly sure of what I was talking about. Now, between two and three thousand of my choice white and Scotch pines are dead, dead, dead; killed by the .slimy, poisonous dtropping‘s of the starlings, and now this beautiful nature’s cathedral that I planned and planted in 1914 is a sight to look at. Yes, that lovely green canopy over- head and carpeted with fully four inches of pine needles below where less than a year ago not a weed could be seen is now grown up with about all varieties of common weeds men- tioniableâ€"weeds from four to seven feet high grown from seeds carried there by these destructive starlings. I will not attempt to give the names of the different weeds, but I will en- deavor to get Dr. John Dearness, of London, or Professor Lawson Caesar, of Guelph, to give me the scientific names, then I will report. them. All I will vouch for right now is that all these weed seeds were carried here by the starlings. Readers, these word pictures cannot give you but a faint idea of what it is really like to walk, or I might say wallow, through this tangle of nox- ious weeds with the Wind moaning through the skeletons of these once beautiful trees. Really it gives one about the same sensation we get when looking through the widertaker’s show-rooms. Here is what you. can depend on right now, starlings are not weed:- The Destructive Starling draw near to one and all and say )m the bottom of my heart that it not my intention to be' insulting to y. nationality. For Canadians to vays call the European Sparrow the THE LIBERAL, RICHMOND HILL, ONTARIO ar lin By Jack Miner bird we call the E Now, readers, I w 0 one and all and seed destroyers but weed-seed dis, tributors and killers of valuable trees. Starlings, Why the last year I have worn nearly all the buttons off my wishbone while lying on my stomach with a pair of high-grade field glass- es, studying how to control them. At last I have a net built known as the Scotch SuCCess Starling net or trap. In the first place it is Scotch because it catches so many starlings with such a small amount of bait. In the second place it is Scotch because it is a suc- cess, and at present I believe we have them slightly checked, and fully 1,000 purple martins are coming and again roosting in the maples. During June and July we caught and buried over 25,000, but owing to feed being so plentiful we are not catching many right now. My personal findings of the star- lings up to date are that they are driving out some of our best weed~ seed and insect-destroying song birds, such as the Kentucky cardinal and lovable mourning doves, purple mar- tins, woodpeckers, and so forth. They are the worst weed-seed distributors America ever knew; they carry deathâ€" ly chicken diseases. They are very destructive to fruit and vegetables and they .are death to trees where they roost. Last and worst of all they are already lowering the general public opinion and appreciation of bird life. In closing let me earnestly say to one and all, if the starlings multiply the next three years as they have the last three they will be the worst pest Ontario has ever met with; but re- member, men can control them, so let every Canadian do his duty. Remember, the starling is every- thing but a newspaper controversy SLATS" DIARY tobacko business wood be fine oney the price was to offly low and enny way he diddent have no tabacko. Sundayâ€"We had the preecher at are house today for dinner so I had to lissen to him agen wile we eat dinner. he ast pa whut he th‘ot was rong with the Country and pa sed if we cud solve the problem of the war Betas and old Raiser blades it wood be all rite agen. Munday Ant Emmy tuk a Horse back ride out at Unkel Hens farm today and on acct. of the. hot sun she dissided to put sum loshion on her neck and arms. ma. ast her how did it wirk and Ant Emmy l‘eplyed and sed. well it wood Of ben all rite for soreness oney she diddent get it on the rite spots. T‘eusdayâ€"well Fanny witch has ben doing are warshing for a. no. of yrs. has finely left her husbend & ma ast her today did she get enny alleymoney frum him and she sed no she diddent get no alleymoney frum him but he give her a very very good reference and mebby he will keep on continue- ing to hunt warshings for her. Wensdayâ€"Ant Emy never new till today that Lije Brooten was dead and berried for over 2 months. she sed that kinda. Xplaned why she hadden saw him at Prayer meeting for sum time. Thirsdayâ€"Effy Eck started‘ take- ing Vocle lessons» today to lern to sing pa says the teecher has got a touff job on hi shands becuz it will take about 2 yrs. to get her to singing as well as she thinks she is singing rite now. Fill Your Bin Now- Richmond Hill Right Now Prices Are Lowest Wholesale Prices Advance June lst Save Dollars By Buying Now Blue Coal, Welsh Blower or PHON§ YARD "I6 ' 'é's-J'T 9A9W3b mewalmwestm BY ROSS FA RQUH AR Cobbler, Solvay Coke Saterday â€"- pa was asting Jake Furry how was the tobacko business and Jake sed the RESIDENCE " 85"J - Phone 10 Culling the Flock Culling of the flock need 1 left for any particular season. should really be' a constant out of inferior, off-type, non-1 tive hens. It does not require pert toitake out some of the hens, but to pick out those that are not laying and are not likely to lay for some time requires a little experâ€" ience. One of the losses on the farm comes from failure to get rid of birds or animals that are not paying for their feed. They are carried on in the hope they will do better. How- ever, one is better to get the market value for'such individuals! rather than crowding up the pens and making it more difficult for the really good birds to show a profit. At the end of the breeding season the cockerels should be marketed. They are of no further use until the next; breeding season, and it is only the very best that it would pay to carry over to usé as two-year-olds. At the price of cockerels in the fall it scarce- ly pays to carry over the average male bird for the second breeding season. Weekly Crop Report Reports received from agricultural representatives the first week in June indicated an urgent need of rainfall throughout the province, the situation in many counties being termed very serious. A small hay crop was con- sidered inevitable, while the drying- up of pastures has caused alarm in many counties. Effects of the severe Winter Weather upon orchards in num- erous districts have now become ap- parent. In Bruce County it is report- ed that. two-thirds of the apple trees were killed by winter injury, while in Norfolk much damage is revealed. Pastures are as dry as in August, ac- cording to reports from Duffel-in and Peel Counties. About fifty per cent of\ the apple trees in Simcoe County show little promise. Brant County has a large increase in acreage of corn planted. The strawberry crop in Southern Ontario will be very light owing to unfavorable weather conditions of the past year. Lincoln County looks to alfalfa as a life- saver as far as hay is concerned. In Wentworth, owing to the drouth, farm ers are trying to carry their cattle over longer with surplus feed from the barn. Dundas reports a splendid stand of sweet clover and a consider- able increase in acreage. The season there has been ideal for bees and other insects to work among the ap- ple trees. Frontenac looks for a great reduction in volume of cheese manu- factured owing to the fact that many farmers are separating and selling cveam, while the cheese factories are ‘running considerably less milk than in former years. Alfalfa is a good crop in Renfrew County. Even the iThunder Bay district reported crops suffering from lack of moisture. NEWS AND INFORMATION FOR THE BUSY FARMER Buckwheat Buckwheat usually is a, very useful and profitable crop. It can also be very damaging. Buckwheat is one of the most ef- requires a little exper- of the losses on the farm failure to get rid of birds that are not paying for . Even a fisherman's family sometimes we‘rry about him, and Long Distance is the quickest, easiest way for any kind of message. You can talk 100 miles or so for as little as 30 cents. Rates are listed in the front of your directory. you’ve been away for days . and they may be worried at home . . . and you reach a telephone . . . Call them on Long Distance . . . you can’t start boasting too soon . . . a! WHEN iin‘ns as a grain crop and is more effectiva as a weed destroyer if sown after the first of July. At the same time it permits the light honey crop to be safely removed before the buck- wheat flow and thus separates nat- i Buckwheat gives just as good re- !urally the higher priced honey from ‘the less valuable. This results in greatly increased profits to the bee- ikeepers. The apiary with its millions of bees is a valuable asset to any farm. The apiary owner should be encouraged to maintain his beeyard‘ in any satis- |factory location and the best and [most practical methods of encourage- {ment is to discontinue the practice of leai‘ly sowing of buckwheat. THURSDAY, JUNE 14th, 1934 it produces a profitable cash crop. As a controller of Weeds it can be sown after an extensive period of sum mer fallow during the first week of July and any weeds that remain will be effectively smothered by the rapid growth of the crop. The market has improved recently also and buckwheat, particularly the var- iety Silver Hill, is finding a good de- mand in European countries. The rough or rye buckwheat may be a slightly heavier yielder but should not be grown for export. If sown too early buckwheat has a very damaging effect on the light honey crop. Thousands'of beekeepers in this province have experienced the affect of an early buckwheat honey flow. What would otherwise have been good light honey of clover or other superior flavors, only too often has been spoiled through the influ- ence of even a slight amount of buck- wheat. [13693] Passed Form 1. A beautiful black Percheron, sired by Chan-as (imp.) [12920] (168249) Premium A-l, owned by Oscar Wilson, Brougham, 0nt., a wonderful stock horse, the property of W. H. Johnson, will make the season of 1934 as fol-. lows: By request (over telephone or by any other means available) these horses will be trucked to any stated place convenient for service Within a radius of 10 or 15 miles if desired; returning home each evening. Parties desiring the service of either of thewe horses and; phoning their orders are requested to phone after 7 p.m. or before 8 a.m, Phone numbers Markham 4306 Sbouffville 2605 ' TERMS:â€"To insure a foal $12.00, $1.00 extra when trucked, collected! at time of service. All accidents at own- er’s risk. The Imported Premium Percheron Stallion ive and economical means of :king weeds and at the same time groduces a profitable cash crop. McHovah” [13238] 196424. A-l. A dark dapple grey with class breeding qualities and MONTANA McHOVAH