SMALL BIRDS PEST.
TO THE EDITOR. Sir,—l noticed m the " Mail " of the 19th inst that the farmers are troubled badly this summer with the birds destroying the young turnips. Now this can be avoided very easily. I will give the farmers the benefit of \ my experience. 1 sowed half an acre of turnips, and the birds (linnets chiefiv) cleared all except twenty-nino turnips. I sowed the seed the second time, but before doing so I damped, the seeds and sprinkled them with powdered red lead. Tho birds came again and set to work as before, but they did not stay so long. Birds are very suspicious about seedsj and as soon as they saw the red lead they left the spot. Sparrows are very fond of radish seed, but if treated the same way you could sow thorn on top of the ground and they will not touch them. T hope that sonto will benefit by these remarks. F. JOHKS. Ashburton, December 22. 1911.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXII, Issue 8257, 23 December 1911, Page 2
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