West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1884-05-23
Bird-Limr and It's Uses.

Bird-limc is tenacious. sticky sub
stance, used to smear twigS or sticks
Tor the purpose of catching birds that
may alight thereon, and might b. used
Tor destroying the pcStifcrous European
sparrows which are rapidly becoming Il
great nuisance in all our large town,
and their suburbs l. can also hc EN-
ployod for catching fruit-cating birds.
or forcing them TO leave the garden and
orchard for bird that once sets foot
on fresh splash of hird-limc and Is not
caught Will be very kelly to leave tic
locality and not revisit il again during
the season. Although brd-limc is
made in the United ) tales i'm small
quantities, Japan is probably the only
country in which it is regularly manu-
ldcturcd on a large scale Ii is made
from the bark of the mochi tree. an
evergreen with thick evergreen leaves.
The manu- acturc extends over several
months. The bark is taken from the
L eeS in June and maceratCd i'm water
about lorty days. after which il j., Eaafcn
IN mortar with u pcstlc shod with
iron, the fiat under sur ace of which i
armed with spikes pro Getting down
ward. When the mass i'm the mortar
becomes glutinOuS il is taken out and
washed in water TO remove "a much of
the rough outer bark rs possible. II is
then again pounded and tleato i'm q
vessel OF hot water on which if ro,tS.
Here it is aga.n manipulated bv the
workmcn for the purpose of diser~ao.-
ing the remaining particles Of bark
Alter this IL is again washed i'm cold
water These processes Of Doundiu0.
boiling and washing arc repeated until
about nine tcnthS Of the original mass
- washed away, and the material be-
comes sufficiently clear and pure. II is
then dull whi.ish color. extremely
vlsc'd, and OF very gummy consiStcn-
cN. When well prepared il is said 10
keep good for LONG time
An inferior article is made i'm Europc
from the bark Of the common holly.
treated IN a manner similar TO that
above described. Other preparation,
have been made under the same name.
but without the same results \ recent
writer speaking of the uses TO which
TINS article is put by the japanese. saws
tat they are far more diverse han one
would suspect the principal one inp.
OF course, the snaring of birds and ami
ma :. ~ means OF bird-limc, animals
rs large as monkeys are .auVht. When
they once get the stuff upon their paws.
they soon cover themselves with if. and
so exhaust themselves i'm trying 20 get
rid oi u that they fall an easy prev.
blruS rs large as ducks are taken. and
by "a very ingenious process. The
young shoot, Of the wistar,a. which at
tam considerable length, and arc ~trou,,.
light and lcNibl are gathered. driGJ
und kno.ted together I'm one continuous
IpnWII ItH- T.. 1. l.
ana Dated Out tO sea-, whore very often
in the morning the hunter is rewarded
by the capture OF several birds. n f. q
very inexpensive method Of baopinp
Wild fowl, as the tackle will serve any
number OF times tili lhc brd-limc dric.
when % is easily replaced There f. no
NOISE made in this Kind of hunting To-
drive away the ducks. or to inform the
n"'ghbors OF what is going rn about the
h1uutS Of wild fowl
Small birds arc caught Jon variou.
ways, some by means OF dccoy bird
concealed near patch of tomptuv
food which is pIcntiully planted win
I'iIc splntcrs of wood. like LARGO
needles, the upper half Of which arc
covered with lime lu China and japan
iheN use bamboo spIintcr-. bat those
made 81 Eastwood on any similar liabi
kiud viii answer u-t a. we'll The
japanese also catch mall birds ON trees
bv using long bamboo rods. the TOP. OF
which are smcarcd with tho lime and
Then teaithily thru-ting them against
their feathers Rats and mice are ca,iIy
caught by spreading 90 small quantity
oi flrd lime ON pie c- of paper or
board, and placing these near their
poles 10 is also spread upon the leaves
Of Tine bamboo and universally employed
throughout Japan for catching lies and
other insects Even ioa-trap- are made
Of DO. and used bv the japanese in bed
blr-.imc bias a- set been YER, IiuI.
u-"l boo th.s country. b. fit could be- in-
'r'pnrrI o. advantage boo many -cctions
ana Tor many purposes and II The En-
EiI-h rauow are 10 bc DESTROYED. h.
can bn done more ropidl, and with less
Hanger with traps than with powder
and shot although the former may not
alord quite 10 much -p0r' 90 loye who
are fond of gun. sud take moro pIoa--
are in noisy hunt thpn HiJ one
". D. Sum