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ence, 226 Cornell experience, 227 Various experiences, 227 



When to apply weed sprays, 228. 



Treatment for Particular Weeds . 229 



Poison ivy, 229 Prickly lettuce, 229 Bracted plantain, 229 



Horse nettle, 229 Buffalo bur, 229 Spiny amaranth, 229 



Spiny cocklebur, 229 Chondrilla, 230 Wild carrot, 230 

 Wild oats, 230 False flax, 230 Mustard, 230 King-head, 

 230 Canada thistle, 230 Dandelion, 231 Sow thistle, 231 

 Quack-grass, 231 White daisy, 231 Black mustard, 232 

 Orange hawkweed and chickweed, 232. 



Lawns 232 



Weeds in lawns, 232 Moss on lawns and walks, 233. 

 Moss or Lichen on Trees 233 



CHAPTER XIV 



PESTS AND NUISANCES 234-251 



Mice and Eats . 234 



To prevent mice from girdling trees in winter, 234 Washes to 

 protect trees from mice, 235 Carbonate of baryta for rats and 

 mice, 235 Tartar emetic, 235 Strychnine for mice, 235 

 Camphor for rats and mice, 236 French paste, 236 Phosphorus, 

 236 To protect seed-corn from burrowing animals, 236. 



Eabbits 236 



Wash for keeping rabbits, sheep, and mice away from trees, 236 



Blood for rabbits, 236 To drive rabbits from orchards, 237 



Another wash, 237 California rabbits wash, 237 California 

 rabbit poisons, 237 Sulfur for rabbits, 237 Cow-manure, 237 



Asafcetida, 238 Kansan method of protecting trees from 

 rabbits, 238 To remedy the injury done by mice, rabbits, and 

 squirrels, 241. 



Ground Squirrel or Spermophile Eemedies 241 



Moles 242 



Prairie-dogs . 242 



Woodchucks or Ground-hogs 243 



Pocket-gophers 243 



Wolves and Coyotes 243 



Muskrats 243 



Pestiferous Birds 243 



Bird poisons, 243 Poison for English sparrows, 244 To pro- 

 tect fruits from birds, 244 To protect newly planted seeds, 244 



