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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 Bats 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. 



Rabbits 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 rabbit- wash, 237 — California 

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



— Asafoetida, 238 — Kansan method of protecting trees from 

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

 squirrels, 241. 



Ground Squirrel or Spermophile Bemedies 241 



Moles 242 



Prairie-dogs 242 



Woodchucks or Ground-hogs 243 



Pocket-gophers 243 



Wolves and Coyotes 243 



Muskrats 243 



Pestiferotis Birds 243 



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

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



