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  • From: Brian Luton <bcluton AT aol.com>
  • To: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] crows
  • Date: Sat, 21 May 2016 11:42:37 -0400

I'd second Bills suggestion. It works for awhile anyway. We used it at a
neighbors compost facility with high crow pressure and it put them off it for
awhile anyway.

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> On May 21, 2016, at 11:25 AM, Shoemaker, William H <wshoemak AT illinois.edu>
> wrote:
>
> An old sweet corn grower told me that crows are very smart. They will
> overcome most tricks pretty quickly. But they understand what a dead crow
> means. String one up in the middle of the field and they won't bother your
> place. No, you don't have to kill one. You can find road-kill crows fairly
> easy, at least around here. I saw one just a couple of days ago. I tried it
> and it worked amazingly.
>
> Bill
> William H. Shoemaker
> Retired fruit and vegetable horticulturist
> University of Illinois
> wshoemak AT illinois.edu
>
> ________________________________________
> From: Market-farming [market-farming-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org] on behalf
> of jpike AT gloryroad.net [jpike AT gloryroad.net]
> Sent: Friday, May 20, 2016 7:43 PM
> To: Market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org
> Subject: [Market-farming] crows
>
> HELP I've planted untreated corn in my clay soil and crows have dug up
> the seeds or pulled the sprouts each time. how can I foil them organically
> ?
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