A fruit-grower in Tasmania states that by cutting pieces of tin into small strips, and hanging them in various parts of the tree so that they will shake in the slightest current of air, an excellent scarecro w is provided. The glint from the various pieces cannot be made out by the birds, who consequently give the trees a wide berth ; he also found that by putting streamers of black cotton on the boughs the same effect is produced, as the cotton touches the birds and they cannot see it, and so keep clear of the trees. I have tried the tin in a cherry tree, putting about twenty in it, and have never seen a bird there since, although the garden is full of them.
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Southern Cross, Volume 2, Issue 36, 1 December 1894, Page 5
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126Untitled Southern Cross, Volume 2, Issue 36, 1 December 1894, Page 5
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