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  • From: Bill Shoemaker <wshoemak AT illinois.edu>
  • To: "Market Farming" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Crows
  • Date: Sat, 30 Jul 2011 20:49:04 -0500 (CDT)

An old sweet corn grower told me he shoots one then hangs it up in the field
for all the others to see. It works. Road kill crows work too.

Bill

---- Original message ----
>Date: Sat, 30 Jul 2011 21:25:58 -0400
>From: John Ferree <john AT seldomseenfarm.com>
>Subject: [Market-farming] Crows
>To: market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org
>
> Hey All,
>
> Any quick and dirty solutions for crows besides a
> shotgun. . . . we're taking heavy, heavy damage in
> melons; serious damage in tomatoes and cucs; minor
> in peppers. We have a group of approx 30 that are
> roosting on a fencerow treeline. . . and the field
> is surrounded by trees. Watched all of the birds
> fly out of our 2nd summer planting. Yay.
>
> Thanks for any help you can lend,
> John
> --
> Seldom Seen Farm
> Danville, IN
> 317.509.7828
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