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Alarm gun bird scarer, used to scare birds away from crops to prevent the seeds being eaten. Used at Priors Farm in Broomfield, Essex.
An alarm gun bird scarer, used to scare birds away from crops to prevent the seeds being eaten. It was used at Priors Farm in Broomfield, Essex.

1 bird scarer: metal, wood

MERL Miscellaneous note - '... Alarm gun (bird scarer) Used at Priors Farm, Broomfield, Essex ...', MERL ‘Handwritten catalogue’ form – ‘ALARM GUN // Cultivating–Plant–Protection // 65/71 // ... // Used at Priors Farm, Broomfield, Essex // [pencil sketch].’, MERL ‘Workshop Treatment’ form – ‘Date: 3.3.67 // Accession Number: // Name of object: Alarm gun // Description of treatment…: Wooden base treated with Rentokil. Alarm gun completely dismantled, treated with deoxidine and coated with oil. Re-assembled and in working order’

Bird scarer, Alarm gun

Metal, Wood