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or 2s. 4d. an acre; 10 lbs. of lime are required for 1,000 

 plants. A woman can lime about 500 plants in a day on a 

 slope, and 3,000 plants on level ground. This gives better 

 results than tarring the plants, and the lime apparently does 

 them no injury. Eefuse hemp may also be lightly placed 

 over plants, as it clogs the teeth of the deer and has proved 

 efficacious. 



e. Jfmsures to Prevenf Peeling. 



Delay thinnings, so that deer cannot penetrate amongst 

 saplings. 



Pieces of rock-salt should be scattered about for the stags to 

 lick, or the following composition : — 



Oak-galls . . . . 1 lb. 



Salt 1 lb. 



Clay 8 lbs. 



Anise A little. 



The galls should be Istrian, which cost 50.s. a cwt. Each 

 piece suffices for 100 acres of forest. 



Beasts detected peeling bark should be shot, as young deer 

 soon follow their example. 



/. Measures to Prevent Rublriivj, etc. 



Valuable exotics, etc., can be protected against rubbing by 

 smearing them with certain compositions up to 5 feet in 

 height. 



Such a composition is a mixture of lime, blood and sulphur. 



Section III. — Fallow-Deer. 



The damage done by the fallow-deer is of a similar nature to 

 that by the red-deer ; the former perhaps does more harm by 

 bruising and trampling, as it is very restless, and particular 

 about its food. However, it never peels in a wild state, only 

 sometimes in fenced parks. The fallow-deer rubs its antlers 

 at the end of August and in September, and strikes the same 

 species as the red-deer. The protective rules are the same, 

 except that precautions against peeling are unnecessary. 



