crows

[purple heart]

Does anyone know what to treat corn seed with to keep the crows from
pulling up the new plants and eating the seed?

[Rock Chuck]

A google on 'corn crows' got this from Mother Earth News:

If crows are proving to be a special nuisance for you, the Farmer’s Almanac for 1864 had this advice: “Soak a few quarts of dried corn in whiskey, and scatter it over the fields for the crows. After partaking one such meal and getting pretty thoroughly corned, they will never return to it again.”

I would use the brand of corn whiskey called Rebel Yell. It seems to fit the remedy and evoke some of the sounds I now associate with the birds at the height of their raucous inebriation. Incidentally, it works.
William Woys Weaver
Devon, Pennsylvania

[Bill Gunn]

But then you'll have GW and Big Red in your cornfield waiting for a second "round" of the GOOD corn !! :p :p