SUMMARY 



dog with him. A wind-driven scaremill or crawmill 

 has given good results. It also serves the purpose of 

 scaring hares and bucks off the crops at night. 



Empty tins and shiny pieces of glass hung in 

 bunches from horizontal wires or from poles are 

 good. 



Mr Turnbull, in support of the windmill, writes: — 



" Being a market gardener, I have tried many 

 ways of protecting my crops, and find the most effective 

 and economical is by means of a simple windmill, 

 with a few links of chain securely attached to the 

 spindle and an old tin shovel fastened above, so that 

 every time the sails fly round, the chain whacks the 

 shovel and makes the terrified birds fly in all directions. 

 Any handy man can make one in half an hour. Any 

 other thing the birds get used to. If a windmill were 

 going constantly the birds would take no notice of it ; 

 but in this case sometimes all is still, then a little wind 

 springs up and the sails fly round, the chain batters 

 the shovel, and off the birds go. I have found it most 

 effective and cheap, and have never had occasion to 

 shoot a bird for many years." 



Flying a hawk-shaped kite at intervals over the 

 crops often proves very helpful. Most birds have a 

 great dislike for glass bottles placed on or hung from 

 sticks about 3 feet high. These could be put at 

 intervals among the crops and shifted every day or 

 two. Coloured rag streamers, preferably red, at the 

 end of high poles are often employed as scarecrows. 



Wrapping black and white cotton, intermixed, 

 round fruit trees and bushes is a good deterrent. 



287 



