are rabbit, se Cay 
aes since Jae tobacco steeped in sia s ‘ant a th 
They don’t like tobacco. Doubt the efficacy of oil te 
Mr. Jordon. Have tried oiled paper but found - 
Then tried a lighter paper but it was still costly to 
then tried chemical paint and found it effective. 
whitewash consisting of + paint and % whitewash. 
well. Have now two fox hounds and one grey hound, an hi 
these the most successful against rabbits. Wrapping atid) poisoni 
require constant and continuous attention. Mee > 
Mr. Gideon. My trees head low and paper cannot be appli ey. 
as to protect. For trees in snow drifts it will not answer eithpe 
For mice in these cases must use poison traps. One man can set 
500 traps per day. 
Clean, Culture and Mounding. 
Mr. Pearce. Mice work where there is grass. Clear the ground — 
clean and you will suffer no injury from them. If you do noteclear — 
the ground then tramp down the snow about the trunks. 
Mr. Jordon. J have men clear away rubbish and mound up six 
inches high with dirt. 
Mr. Fuller. I make the mound of leached ashes if : have them, 
and if not I use dirt. 
Mr. Jordon. Must be sure to remove the rubbish and make the 
mound firm as mice like to burrow in straw and loose dirt. 
Mr. Gideon. Trees should be mulched and that at the collar and 
close up to the trunk. There should be nodirt there. Dirt freezes 
and the freezing extends into the wood and produces bark-bursting. 
Sal Soda, Tobacco, Sulphur, Carbolic Acid, for Leaf Lice. 
Mr. Brimhall. Sal soda, 1 pound to a gallon of water extermin- 
ates leaf lice. 
Mr. Storrs. Sal soda has failed with me. Have also smoked 
with tobacco which did no good. Then fumigated with sulphur 
with the same result. Then tried soap-suds with carbolie acid, 
which also failed. I then made a stronger solution of suds and acid 
and killed both lice and tree. 
