FrotecUmi of Fruit Trees. 



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the veneers are excellent protectors for the winter season, both from in- 

 jury by rodents and from winter injury to the stems of the trees, they 

 should be removed during the summer season. The different forms of 

 wire cylinders are preferred. 



CORN STALKS. 



There is no device superior in effectiveness against rabbits and 

 goundhogs than this, and certainly none cheaper for the farm orchard. 

 There is practically no cost of material where corn is grown or corn- 

 stalks fed. A good plan is to take the bundles of stover as they come 



Fig. 13. Corn stalks. 













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Fig. 14. Wire cloth and corn stalk. 



from the field, before feeding to the stock. Lay the bundle on a low 

 platform or broad, low box, and "square-off" the butts with on ordi- 

 nary "Lightning" hay knife. A solid block and a broad-ax may be 

 made to answer, but the hay knife is much better. Next cut off a two- 

 foot length of the lower ends of the stalks in the same way. These sec- 



