I So THE HOUSE SPARROW 



serted in the potato after the fashion of a shuttlecock, and 9 to 

 12 in. from the ground. The wind keeps the scare more or less in 

 motion, and by placing similar scares 6 to 8 ft. apart along a 4-ft. 

 wide bed, when the seed or seedlings are usually sowed (s), otherwise 



B 



FIG. 107. FEATHERED POTATO AND BLACK THREAD BIRD SCARES. 



B, feathered potato scarecrow ; p, bent stick ; q, string affixed to stick and passed through potato 

 so as to suspend it about 9 in. above ground ; r, potato into which quill feathers thrust ; s, 

 normal seedling Brassicas ; /, seedlings plucked up. The sticks and lines indicate protecting 

 by means of black thread. C, black thread scare for rows : u, sticks ; v, lines of black thread ; 

 w, undamaged pea plants. D, portion of unprotected row of peas : x, plants with tops eaten. 



(late in applying) they may be plucked up (t). Black thread, how- 

 ever, is the best scare for sparrows, adjusted as shown in the illus- 

 tration. 



The Black Thread Scare (Fig. 107, C) consists of black thread 



