BIRDS AND THE ORCHARD 



hook, made of wire, inside the trap, and the trap is 

 placed in a fruit tree or in a tree near the orchard. 

 The muis vogel being a climbing bird, the trap should 

 be placed with the funnel end below. If put in a fruit 

 tree, a branch with fruit on could be pushed into the 

 trap. The trap should be about 3 feet by 1 foot. 

 Fruit growers should have several of these traps in 

 various parts of the orchard. 



The persecution of birds in the neighbourhood 

 of towns and villages and on some farms has now 

 resulted in South Africa being absolutely overrun by 



Birds clear the twigs of clusters of insects' eggs. 



fruit and tree destroying insects. Man seeks by 

 costly, and at best very imperfect, ways to stem the 

 invasion, but in the end his efforts prove futile. 

 Already fruit growing is being abandoned because 

 it entails so much expense and expenditure of time 

 in combating the hordes of insects which swarm down 

 upon the orchards. The rescue of the fruit industry 

 from eventual extinction rests with the native birds. 

 In the bird army we have an efficient ally in our fight 

 against the insect fruit pests. It is not recommended 

 that we cease our manifold artificial methods of attack 

 and defence against the enemy. Let us also avail 

 ourselves of the help which the birds can render. 



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