CORRESPONDENCE.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 12789, 14 June 1912, Page 5

CORRESPONDENCE.

BIRDS AND TANK WATER. (To the Editor of the Herald.) , Sir,—lt is well-known birds on roofs f^re a great nuisance. Some carry all kinds, of foodstuffs on the roofs, anything between a dead mouse and a crust of bread. A big portion is left on the roof or m the gutterings. Birds never carry anything off a roof but rather leave plenty behind, to be washed into, the tjvnk. Birds walk m all kinds of insanitary filth, and then they fly on the ridgings or gutterings to clean or dry themselves. The consequence is that! all kbids of germs are carried on the roofs to"be washed m the tank. Birds kjnow the ridgings and gutterings aro the safest places to sit on, the same are out of all danger, and there they find a comfortable foothold. I am convinced it cdn be prevented, as I liave a good opportunity to take notice of birds and their habits. It is possible to prevent birds from sitting on any part of a roof where they can get a foothold. I am convinced that I have solved the problem of keeping birds off the house roofs. —I am; etc., ,QTTO E..A. ARNDT.