Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 130, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 May 1912 — TRAP FOR LITTLE SPARROWS [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

TRAP FOR LITTLE SPARROWS

More Than One Thousand Caught In Device in Use at Hawkesbury Agricultural College. At the Hawkesbury Agricultural college in Australia the trap illustrar ted herewith has been found very esDuring one year more than 1,000 birds were caught, sometimes at the rate of 20 or 30 a day. The birds enter at three small holes about two Inches in diameter at the bottom of the V in the center and just three inches above the wire netting floor. This floor is thinly covered under the holes with son on which a little food, such as bread crumbs or wheat is sprinkled. The mesh of the net is one inch. When once a few birds are Inside sparrows are soon attracted and easily caught, says the Orange Judd Farmer. The frame is about three feet square and eight feet long, with doors

at each end as shown. Originally the trap was fitted with a funnel-shaped exit ending in a bag and tied with a string, but this is not necessary. The birds can be driven out of the doors into a smaller cage and then disposed of.

Satisfactory Sparrow Trap.