GRASS-SEED AND SMALL BIRDS.
Mr. J. H. Fleming, of Ongarue, sends particulars of a method for protecting surface-sown grass-seed from small birds, at small cost, as follows: Mix kerosene and turpentine in the proportion of 1 pint of turps, to 1 gallon of kerosene. When sowing tip about half a • bushel of - seed into the sowingbag, then pour half a pint or a little more, of the mixture over the seed, stirring the latter well at the same time.- The seed will not get sticky unless too much of the mixture 'is used. Mr. Fleming says that he has overcome the nuisance by this' means, and adds that in his case the birds now have all the worry.
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New Zealand Journal of Agriculture, Volume XII, Issue 6, 20 June 1916, Page 496
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118GRASS-SEED AND SMALL BIRDS. New Zealand Journal of Agriculture, Volume XII, Issue 6, 20 June 1916, Page 496
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