108 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. [P.D. No.4. 



Two Methods of keeping Birds away from Berries and Cherries. 



(1) Get some pieces of bright tin and so hang them that they'll flap 

 in the wind against a pole; 10 by 12 inches is a good size; punch a hole 

 near the edge for the string. (2) Tie a cord to a potato, stick it full of 

 large feathers, and hang it where it will sway in the wind over the fruit 

 to be protected; make a number of these if one is not sufficient. 



This looks promising, but wdiat shall we do in the early 

 morning or at night when there is no wind? However, the 

 above may be worth trying, and I trust that some reader who 

 is troubled by too many birds in his cherry trees will experi- 

 ment and report the result. This office will continue to experi- 

 ment with all promising methods of protecting fruit from birds, 

 and will publish the results. 



There are many details of the work of the office and the 

 field work which might be embodied in this report, but it has 

 been deemed better to give to the public in these papers such 

 useful information as is obtained during the work of each year, 

 rather than to publish details of matters of study and work 

 which are neither interesting nor useful to the general public. 



Respectfully submitted, 



EDWARD HOWE FORBUSH, 



State Ornithologist. 



