A SCIENTIFIC SCARECROW.
Take two small, choap,'mirrors, fasten vbem back to back, affcacb. a cord to one angle, and hang to a pole. When the the glass swings the sun's ra^s are reflected all over the field,, even if it be a large ore, and even the oldest and bravest; of c o.vs depart precipitately should one of it? l^lun^g flashes fall on him. The second plan, although a terror to the crow, is especially well suited to-fields subject to the inroads of small birds and even chickens. It involves 1 the artificial hawk made from a large pototo and long goose and turkey feathers. The maker can exercise his imitative skill in sticking the feathers in the potato so that they resemble the spread wings and tail of the hawk. It is- as.to.nisb.ing what a ferocious bird of preycan be constructed from the above simple material. It only remains to hang the object from a tall, bent "pole, and the wind will do the rest. The bird will make swoops and dashes in the most head-long and threatening manner. Even the most inquisitive of yenerable hens have beea known to hurry rapidly from its dangerous vicinity, while to small birds it carries unmixed dismay. — Scientific American., ft
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Thames Star, Volume VIII, Issue 2969, 21 August 1878, Page 2
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208A SCIENTIFIC SCARECROW. Thames Star, Volume VIII, Issue 2969, 21 August 1878, Page 2
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