The Nonpartisan Leader Newspaper, January 6, 1916, Page 1

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= )\ DO\ S\ I N\ N D S\ X R 7 % NO MORE., FAT PICKINS 'FELLERS HES GoT FARGO, NORTH DAKOTA; THURSDAY, JANUARY 6, 1916. Lobké"Liké' a H'zird‘hWi'nter- Ahead for These Crows 7 L1 TICAL, LEAGUE = 2 1T WRS NoT LWKE THIS | “amseg Gon SOMMERCE ARMING does'noj:” consist only of plowing ground, sow- ing, 'rjeaping and f}iteshing wheat: . It has been a part of the farmer’s duties to fight:pésté.' e : Gophers, crows, mice and other destructive crea- " tures cause no end of loss and troublé to the farmer. He must spend . time; and money». poisoning, trapping and shoo_ting'these., little pests in order to save his crops. ~ They live in fine mansions and palaces in the classy residential . districts of our big cities. They rid - and feast on the fat of the lan \in the most luxurious cars ' The farmer gets up at 4 a: m., works all' day, does chores till ‘nine o’clock at night that he may produce a. good c¢rop. If “he fights the gophers, the crows and the miee hard enough, ‘if he works early and:late enough, if he escapes ‘the»rrnust’, the hail and the drouth, he may have*a good crop It is then that the city pest gets in its work. But there is hope ahead. The farmer. has got . a new gun rder S Crop 3 _and it is a big one and loaded to the muzzle. Our predictions There dre other kinds of pests which the farmer must con- tend with, These pests do not:live in holes along:the’ fence row. are that the pickins will be pretty slim in the North Dakota wheat fields after this. : - It only depends on how well the farmer handles fhe gun by, crows.: ; 2 ng true to his own interest and not worry about the weeping:v_v il

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