Evening Republican, Volume 59, Number 122, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 June 1917 — KEEPING CROWS OUT OF THE CORN FIELD [ARTICLE]

KEEPING CROWS OUT OF THE CORN FIELD

Scarecrow Is Still in Common Use—Be Careful in Using Poison of Any Kind. {By WASHBURN.) Scarecrows, poisoned corn and crows hung from poles in the field are comSetimdji of protecting seed corn J W old scarecrow is still In come about the corn fields and some hvhite cord about the field from which they hang bright pieces of tin which flutter in the windl Scarecrows, If . used, should be cringed tjceufiipnally. The crows soon bapojne accustomed to any scarecrow, * A very effective way of keeping crows from the corn isJo shoot two or tpxee and them by a string i-PHW Some farmers resort to trapping and, having caught ba few crows In steel traps, hang lhem afi>dt from poles. This is not a humane practice, and we cannot therpr | < '4? one uses’poiSdmng, corn may be soaked in a solution of strychnine. Ten cents worth of sulphate of strychnine dissolved in enough iwt. vreter to .4<4ld M Scattered fibld late 1| tjfoe Queuing. wlyijLpiey legs danger Of lts being eaten by poultry, I stock or game birds. *