. Annual report of the New York State College of Agriculture at Cornell University and the Agricultural Experiment Station. New York State College of Agriculture; Cornell University. Agricultural Experiment Station; Agriculture -- New York (State). 1038 Rural School Leaflet. THE CROW Arthur A. Allen. The Crow In New York State the crow came in with civiHzation. Although practically unknown while the country was covered with dense woods, he has now become one of our most abundant and best known birds. Sociable in his nature, omnivorous in his feeding habits, sagacious in his actions, he is emin
. Annual report of the New York State College of Agriculture at Cornell University and the Agricultural Experiment Station. New York State College of Agriculture; Cornell University. Agricultural Experiment Station; Agriculture -- New York (State). 1038 Rural School Leaflet. THE CROW Arthur A. Allen. The Crow In New York State the crow came in with civiHzation. Although practically unknown while the country was covered with dense woods, he has now become one of our most abundant and best known birds. Sociable in his nature, omnivorous in his feeding habits, sagacious in his actions, he is eminently fitted to replace the solitary raven which left us with the forests. In no place is he more at home than in the farming districts. Here he finds open country in which to feed, as well as timber sufficient to shelter his nest. He usually escapes his few enemies. It is seldom he falls a victim to a hungry hawk or starving owl and he avoids even more successfully the man with a gun. The crow is generally considered a thief and a scoundrel and his better side overlooked entirely. He robs the nests of smaller birds, devours a great deal of grain and in his zeal for hunting cutworms and grubs uproots enough young corn to blacken his name with any farmer. Seldom is his aid in destroying insect pests and vermin appre- ciated, although these, if allowed to go unchecked, would do much more damage than the crow himself. The chief fault of a crow lies in the fact that he is lazy. An omnivor- ous feeder, he takes whatever comes most easily: locusts, cutworms, white grubs, mice, frogs, fish, young birds or grain. Whatever is most abundant and most easily secured forms his diet. In this way he be- comes of great assistance in checking the larger of our insect foes, for any excessive increase in their numbers means to him simply "easy food" and he feeds entirely upon them until their numbers are reduced and something else is more easily obtained. It is only when other food is s
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