Excerpt from The Juvenile Instructor, Vol. 51: June, 1916 In 1907 Nevada had nearly the same experience with mice and both Utah and Wyoming have had occasion to regret the day they allowed the killing of hawks and owls. Stockmen know how animals are troubled with ticks, lice and flies that birds readily devour; and it is only necessary to mention the great work of our shore birds in the destruction of mosquitoes and flies. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.