A plague of starlings

SIR,—CAN anyone tell me of some means of driving away starlings from a plantation? During the past two winters, my wood close by here has been infested by myriads of them. They come every evening about sunset and fly away in the morning about sunrise. This goes on from about November to April and they are a terrible nuisance. Scipio

The Editor replies: The only plan we have heard of that answers at all is to fly a big kite, or more than one, every evening in which there is sufficient wind, over the trees on which the starlings roost. (September 4, 1909)