THE STRAWBERRY MARCH 1907 



der a setting Leghorn. Only once have ' 

 I been able to do so on account of her 

 wilder nature and her sensitiveness to 

 having things other than eggs under her; 

 but in the one good test the temperature 

 shovi^ed 102 on the eighth day. On the 

 other hand, I have known the thermom- 

 eter to show as high as 106 on the twelth 

 day under a Plymouth Rocic hen. In 

 dozens of tests the thermometer has shown 

 104 after a week's incubation under the 

 larger varieties. Let me further say that 

 as a general rule, the best results are ob- 

 tained with incubators with a degree higher 

 temperature in a cold room than in a warm 

 room. This difference is due to the bot- 

 tom of machine being cooler in a cold 

 room." 



Keeping the Birds Away 



By S. H. Warren 



WHEN we have been deprived of 

 any particular food for a long 

 time how good that food relishes, 

 particularly at first. So I presume this 

 craving is not confined to the human fam- 

 ily but includes the birds and other wild 

 creatures, for as soon as the strawberry 

 begins to show its color the birds (robins 

 more particularly with me) peck into them 

 and take a little out of many berries till 

 they have got their fill, not satisfied to eat 

 a whole berry, but sampling many. Now 

 to say that this is aggravating is expressing 

 one's feelings very mildly, particularly 

 when he has taken extra care of his plants 

 for a whole year. Perhaps these are some 

 new seedling of which he is the originator, 

 and he has tried to make them do their 

 best so he can produce from those plants 

 extra-quality berries for exhibition to show 

 people a strawberry a little better than 

 they ever saw before; for an originator is 

 apt to think his production is better than 

 any other. And when after all his year's 

 labor he finds the birds are spoiling all the 

 best of them, his hopes are dashed to the 

 ground. If he hasn't good control over 

 his tongue he may express his disappoint- 

 ment in words not becoming to him. 



As I have experienced the above con- 

 ditions I have tried various devices to keep 

 the birds away. Last year I was well 

 pleased w^th my experiment with red 

 strips of cloth one inch wide, twelve 

 inches long, tied to a small strong twine 

 two feet apart and fastened to stakes two 

 feet long. It kept the birds away. 



These stakes may be made of pieces 

 of lath or any other thing that comes 

 handy, driven into the ground, and a small 

 nail driven in the top end to wind the 

 twine once around, then drive the nail 

 home. This secures it to the lath or 

 post which may be driven so the red 

 strip of cloth will just clear the tops 

 of the plants. The birds seem to be 

 afraid of the cloth, particularly when the 

 wind keeps them in motion I put one 

 line over each bed. 



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