TO KEEP RABBITS AWAY 237 



To drive rabbits from orchards. 



Dip rags in melted sulfur, and then secure them to sticks which are 

 stuck promiscuously through the orchard. 



Another wash to protect trees from rabbits. 



Fresh cow dung, 1 peck; quick-lime, i peck; flowers of sulfur, 

 ^ pound ; lampblack, i pound. Mix the whole into a thick paint with 

 urine and soapsuds. 



California rahbit-wash. 



Commercial aloes, 1 pound to 4 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 watermelon, canteloupe, or other vegetables 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 1 pound of 

 phosphorus, 1 pound of sugar, and 1 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 teaspoonfuls of fine salt, and 4 of granulated sugar. Put all in a tin 

 box 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. 



Sulfur for rabbits. 



Equal proportions of sulfur, soot, and lime, made into a thick paint 

 with cow-manure. Smear upon the trees. 



Cow-manure for rabbits. 



A mixture of lime, water, and cow-manure, made strong, is said to 

 be an excellent anti-rabbit composition. 



