Re: Skinned

Posted by Hugh MacKay on July 06, 2006 at 19:54:39 from (209.226.247.38):

In Reply to: Re: Skinned posted by Farmall Frank on July 06, 2006 at 06:01:25:

Frank: I've just read what Andy and Mike had to say, please heed their advice. Like you I've never enjoyed putting down critters, however there are some good reasons for doing so. There are a few folks that responded to this thread don't know the difference between good and poor reasons.

From the tractor and combine seat I've seen a good many diseased little animals. I remember one fall in particular foxes in our area had distemper. They were in such bad shape they'd hardly get out range on the combine reel. Over population, will do a species in just about every time. Just 4 years ago, rabbits in this area were everywhere in excessive numbers. This spring you don't see a rabbit anywhere. I suspect disease had more to do with the rabbit's demise than coyotes. Man better be careful, he's already treading on thin ice.

My good wife was a city girl. Near our farm, way back then, lived an older dairy farmer, rough and tumble, chewed tobacco. We also being dairy farmers were quite well acquainted with this guy. At the time the dairy industry was introducing a whole list of new regulations, much of it to do with clean barns. Our friend whitewashed his walls but refused on barn ceiling, he also refused to sweep down the cobwebs from ceiling, and further refused to install screen doors on his milk room. His argument, a good healthy population of spiders, were far more effective in controling flies, than by any other means. My wife saw this very quickly, he had fewer flies in his dairy barn than any other barn in the county. Bear in mind this gal is a professionally trained home economist.

We've now been married 41 years, I am not allowed to kill a spider in the house. There are spots in the house she allows spiders to thrive. If a spider becomes a niusance she will relocate him. By the way, spiders are allowed on our kitchen windows. Periodically she will point out all the dead house flies in her very much protected spider webs. This is just one very small example how preditors can be beneficial. Man must learn do far better at co-habiting this earth with critters large and small. He also better take a look at plant life. If he doesn't look after the plant life, maybe he best learn how to survive without oxygen.

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