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PESTS AND NUISANCES 



Asafcetida for rabbits. 



A teaspoonful of tincture of asafoetida in I pailful of liquid clay, 

 mud, or muck of any kind. Apply with a brush to the stem and 

 branches of young trees. Two or three applications during winter. 



Kansan methods of protecting trees from rabbits (Kansas Station). 



1. Trapping. Traps of various sorts may be constructed. A 

 simple and successful method is to sink a barrel in the ground level, 

 with its surface. Fit the head slightly smaller than the top, and allow 

 it to swing freely on a rod or old broomstick. Pieces of apple or grains 

 of corn may be placed on the outer edge of the cover, and when the 

 rabbit attempts to get these, the lid tips up, and he slides into the 

 barrel, while the lid, which is slightly heavier on one side than the 

 other, assumes its original position. The heavier side should strike 

 against a heavy nail or bolt so that only the lighter side of the lid will 

 drop. It should be covered over with brush or light, flat stones. 



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FIG. 5 Wellhouse rabbit-trap. 



An ingenious trap for catching rabbits has been designed by Walter 

 Wellhouse, and used with remarkable success by him in his orchards 

 (Fig. 5). The trap consists of a box made of fence boards (old ones 

 preferred), six inches wide and one inch thick. The boards are cut 

 twenty-two inches long, and the top and bottom boards are nailed on to 



