DESTROYING LINNETS.
The Otago Witness says : — "It is satisfactory to know that the pest of the farmers — green and grey linnets — can be successfully exterminated without much trouble. For a series of years Mr. Jaffray, of Saddle Hill, has been greatly tormented by clouds of these birds descending upon his newly sown fields, uprooting the young plants. When the corn was ripening, thousands descended and "attacked the ears, leaving the stalk as if thrashed by the wind. The remedy is this : — Dissolve a lady's thimble full of sti'ychnine in a small portion of spirits of salts, mixed with 101b of wheat and oats, and sprinkle over the fields. By these means Mr. Jaffray has reduced flocks of thousands to a few straggling birds, so that farmers troubled with these birds may depend upon the remedy being effectual." The North Otago Times says that Mr. Jaffray's plan is liable to destroy more than linnets, and great care is needed.
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Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume II, Issue 111, 7 May 1881, Page 4
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158DESTROYING LINNETS. Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume II, Issue 111, 7 May 1881, Page 4
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