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identifier/filename
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371-00038
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title
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Letter, Lawrence Bruner to Bernardo J. Crespo, 1915, Aug. 18
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description
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Typewritten letter, 2 page, from Lawrence Bruner to Bernardo J. Crespo, "Your letter of July 26th, addressed to Director…"
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Transcription
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Aug. 18, 1915. Dr. Bernardo J. Crespo, Chief of Veterinary Service, Department of Agriculture, Havannah, Cuba. Dear Sir: Your letter of July 26th, addressed to Director E. A. Burnett of the Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station, has been duly received and referred to me for reply. I note what you say concerning your studies on the economic relations of the turkey buzzard in the Republic of Cuba, and your request for information as to how this bird is regarded in other regions. I believe I can summarize our attitude towards this bird as follows: The turkey buzzard (Cathartes aura) is not plentiful in Nebraska and is quite local in its distribution. It is known, however, to occur in moderate numbers during the spring, summer, and fall in various localities thruout the state; rarely even, it may remain with us over winter. Occurring to this limited extent, it has never forced itself strongly upon our notice, and as its scavenger habits are well known, it has been generally assumed to be a useful bird. However, the bird is open to suspicion as a conveyor of hog cholera in this state, and possibly of other animal diseases, but the common crow of the eastern United States (Corvus brachyrhynchos) is so much more open to suspicion in this regard with us, that the culpability of the turkey vulture is generally lost sight of here. In reply to your questions I would say: 1. Altho we have no definite proof of the matter I believe that the turkey buzzard is capable of transmitting hog cholera from farm to farm under favorable conditions. 2. The Nebraska law neither condemns or protects the turkey vulture, not
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date
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8/18/1915
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source/RG#/MS#
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MS 0371
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isPartOf/Collection
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Nebraska Ornithologists' Union (NOU), Records
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rights
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For copyright information, please contact the repository.
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publisher
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Archives & Special Collections, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries
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language
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English
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