THE BIRD PEST.
To the Editob "Guardian." Sir, —There ssems to be great complaints of late of; the havoc wrought by sparrows and other birds on crops. At one .time the name of farmer or tiller of the soil was proverbial with humane feeling towards the brutes, but now 75 per cent, are grab-alls, and would for the taste of; one sweet grape the vine destroy, not "thinking for a moment < For nought so vile' that on this earth j doth live,- v , . I But to the earth some special good ' doth give. . . ■ .. These miserable specimens of Humanity, .'if; they had; ;.their' way,' no -rinsect would be allowed to' lms; '' ThJe man . that begrudges a crumb- to a. sparrow is not .up'to. much; and his heart is not as big as a sparrow's: 'We' are told in holy writ that not one sparrow falls unheeded, and we can depend on Him , that doth the ravens feed to cater for i the sparrow.—l am, etc., ' 1 ' J. A. WILLIAMS. i Tuarangi.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXV, Issue 8305, 25 November 1915, Page 3
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