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Repellent Treatment of Pine Seed for Bird Protection

One of the serious problems at the W. W. Ashe nursery has been the protection of pine seed from birds in the beds from the time of sowing through the cotyledon stage. The procedure in the past has been to use a bird patrol with shotguns, or firecrackers inserted into lengths of cotton rope. It was necessary to use various numbers of men from dawn until sundown. The annual expenditure was usually around $3, 500 based on protecting an area producing 30 to 40 million pine seedlings.


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Author(s): Johnsey King

Publication: Tree Planters' Notes - Issue 32 (1958)