Evening Republican, Volume 59, Number 104, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 May 1917 — Scare the Birds. [ARTICLE]

Scare the Birds.

Many complaints are heard that birds eat lettuce as fast as it appears above the soil, also snip mignonette, poppies and many young ornamental plants The question usually asked Is how to kill the birds. This is a course we would not pursue. Stick in a few stakes and tie to the tops short strings to which are attached bits of paper or cloth. Still more effectual are bits of bright tin or bits of mirror glass. When the birds become accustomed to the objects, move them, or put in a few new and striking ones. This method may not improve the appearance of your garden and may provoke neighborly questions as to your sanity, but it will protect young plants.—Los Angeles Tinies. ——