Rensselaer Republican, Volume 26, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 July 1894 — The Crow Outwitted. [ARTICLE]

The Crow Outwitted.

Cincinnati Enquirer. “They have a novel method of kill-ing-crows in Georgia,’’ said T. F. Homer, at the Grand. “Grains of corn are pierced, and through them is inserted a hair from the tail of a horse. These grains are scattered in the fields where the crows are in the habit of coming. When the bird swallows one of these grains the ' horse-hair prevents it passing into I the craw and irritates the mouth. ’ The bird rolls over, turns on its back and scratches to get it out, but to nc purpose, Death results either from strangulation or. as is frequently the case, from wounds inflicted by the sharp claws. The crows gather around the victim, but, although they are of an exceedingly suspi cious nature, they never attribute the trouble to the corn.’’