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In the latter case damage might be expected in some instances.  A number of fields of peanuts and field corn were examined but in no case was any certain damage evident. As these crops have a different method of growth from the legumes, it seems doubtful that doves would be capable of molesting them.  NO evidence of their doing so was found.  No remains of soy beans were found in the stomachs of the mourning doves that were collected.

Control Methods Against Mourning Doves.

The length of time during which soy beans are open to attack is short and control measures to be effective must be applied promptly.  During favorable weather, an entire field should develop pas the point of danger in from three to five days.  In cold damp weather this period might be more or less lengthened.  During this time, children or others may be employed in frightening the doves from the fields and certain amount of shooting may be done to drive them out and make them more wary.  Where the birds seem too abundant, recourse may be had to poisoning with some grain treated with strychnine.  During the course of the present brief investigation, it was found that birds were present in such small numbers and frequented the cultivated areas in such an irregular manner that it was not worth while or practicable to carry on any experiment in poisoning.  From the experience of men engaged in rodent extermination in the West, it appears that any of the standard strychnine baits would