Injuries from Mice, Rabbits, Etc.. 59 



To drive rabbits from orchards. Dip rags in melted sulphur 

 and then secure them to sticks which are stuck promiscu- 

 ously through the orchard. 



It should be an imperative rule with all orchardists not 

 to allow brush heaps or piles of poles and rails to remain 

 upon their premises if rabbits are troublesome in the 

 neighborhood, for it is in such places that the animals live- 

 Wash to protect trees from rabbits. Fresh cow-dung, 

 i peck, quick-lime, l /z peck , flowers of sulphur, y z pound ; 

 lamp-black, % pound. Mix the whole into a thick paint 

 with urine and soap suds. 



California rabbit wash. Commercial aloes, one pound to 

 four gallons of water, both sprinkled on leaves and painted 

 on the bark, gives a bitter taste, which repels rabbits. 



California rabbit poisons. 



1. Pieces of \vater-melon ; canteloupe, or other vege- 

 tables of which they are fond, may be poisoned with 

 strychnine and then scattered around the orchard. 



2. To 100 pounds of wheat take 9 gallons of water and i 

 pound of phosphorus, i pound of sugar, and i ounce oil 

 of rhodium. Heat the water to boiling point and let it 

 stand all night. Next morning stir in flour sufficient to 

 make a sort of paste. Scatter it about the place. 



3. Another preparation is > teaspoonful of powdered 

 strychnine, 2 teaspoonf uls of fine salt, and 4 of granulated 

 sugar. Put all in a tin ho* and shake well. Pour in small 

 heaps on a board. It hardens into a solid mass. Rabbits 

 lick it for the salt and the sugar disguises the poison. 



Sulphur for rabbits. Equal proportions of sulphur, soot 



and lime, made into a thick cream with cow manure. 



Smear upon the trees. 

 Cow-manure for rabbits. A mixture of lime, water and 



cow-manure, made strong, forms an excellent anti-rabbit 



composition. 



