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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Hello Fellow Growers,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>We maintain over 10 linear miles of 8 foot high woven wire fence with two additional strands of high tensile above to give us 9 feet total. It is the best investment we have ever made in our farming operation. Perhaps equally important to our irrigation. You will never fully appreciate how much crop you are losing each year until you fully exclude the deer from your fields and orchards. Naturally we still back up any intrusion by providing the deer with lead pills.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>We tried all of the repellents, then had electric, but nothing works like the woven wire fences.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Best,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Kurt<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Script MT Bold";color:black'>Kurt W. Alstede<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>General Manager,</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Alstede Farms, LLC<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>P.O. Box 278<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>1 Alstede Farms Lane,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Chester, New Jersey 07930<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>United States of America<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Tel: 908-879-7189<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Fax: 908-879-7815<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="http://www.alstedefarms.com">www.alstedefarms.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><img border=0 width=112 height=112 id="_x0000_i1026" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D1C958.29285870" alt="cid:image001.jpg@01CFB1AF.83320400"></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Edwardian Script ITC";color:black'><img border=0 width=103 height=103 id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image002.jpg@01D1C958.29285870" alt=Picture1></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> apple-crop [mailto:apple-crop-bounces@virtualorchard.com] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Hugh Thomas<br><b>Sent:</b> Saturday, June 18, 2016 10:49 AM<br><b>To:</b> Apple-Crop discussion list<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Apple-Crop] Deer Damage<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>I tried everything I could find out here in Montana - the commericial products, bars of soap, sprayed-on soap and somethings I forgot. I found the solution with an eight-foot hi tensile wire fence around our property. The MSU research station near us has an eight foot electric fence, and the mule deer get on their sides and squirm under the lower wire. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Fri, Jun 17, 2016 at 9:10 PM, Pat Curran <<a href="mailto:pat@curransorchard.com" target="_blank">pat@curransorchard.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>A few years ago I experienced a significant amount of deer damage on new plantings & requested a depravation permit from the Illinois DNR. They suggested a product called Plant Skid, & said it had worked well in other locations. I did so, and it definitely helped the situation. It also works well on vegetable plots when sprayed around the perimeter. The drawback is that it must be resprayed after rain washes it off.<br><br>Having said that, I concur with others on this list. . . the best deterrent is lead.<br><br><br>Pat Curran<br>Currans Orchard<br>6385 Kilburn Avenue<br>Rockford, Illinois 61101<br><a href="tel:815-963-7848">815-963-7848</a><br><a href="mailto:pat@curransorchard.com">pat@curransorchard.com</a><br><a href="http://www.curransorchard.com" target="_blank">www.curransorchard.com</a><br><br><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>apple-crop mailing list<br><a href="mailto:apple-crop@virtualorchard.com">apple-crop@virtualorchard.com</a><br><a href="http://virtualorchard.com/mailman/listinfo/apple-crop" target="_blank">http://virtualorchard.com/mailman/listinfo/apple-crop</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></body></html>