A strawberry grower on the Franlcton road has adopted an ingenious contrivance wherewith to combat the smallbird nuisance (says the Wakatipu “Mail”). iHe has made a small wooden wheel which is attached to a shaft, and by means of a jet of water continually revolves. One or more of the spokes of the wheel which are apparently longer than the rest come regularly in contact 'with a. piece of tin, making a noise similar to that of a person Jutting a kerosene tin. To make the contrivance all the more effective a sham man is rigged up alongside. It is keeping the birds; away- splendidly from-a strawberry patch*.just now, but Mr H. Angelo, who is the/ inventor, says that the birds are so cheeky-that they may drop clown to" the little; game., ;, ' /
If your boots have this trade trAn lenow they are the best. mark,
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/GIST19091204.2.48.1
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2676, 4 December 1909, Page 6
Word count
Tapeke kupu
145Page 6 Advertisements Column 1 Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2676, 4 December 1909, Page 6
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
The Gisborne Herald Company is the copyright owner for the Gisborne Times. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of the Gisborne Herald Company. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in