\7hon seeding is to be done in suaraor or in spring, 

 after chipnunlzs and ground squirrels aro abrosC , poisoning 

 should immediately proceed It; but when It is to be done in 

 winter, the land to be plcntod, together with a strip 

 surrounding it, should be cloarod of rodonta before the fall 

 reins oot It. 



In this connection, it may bo well to call ati-ontion, 



"aro;vbhoticrllv. to the ufvantasro of uej.n.;. grain _cor.tod . with 

 6trycnnin3, rather then [.nproTnetod with ft. Aft\3:r n few 



rein-, tho -jrfcin loses its virulence, and is no Ion7er a 

 nonrce to the hunrry. 



In closinT this ertiolo a word should bo said 

 relative to aountt.in quail. These birds a^pecr to look 

 u;?on a carefully propcrec" bit cf ground as a proper plcco 

 in which to scratch for a me-l, and undoubtedly thoy pilfor 

 winter-planted sood vrtien they can find it. This loss can 

 probably be avoided by coating the seed with an unpalatable 

 Eubcti-ncc, such ac coal tar, which is uaed to provent ore 

 fro a pull in 7 sproatiu? sood in eastern cornfields^ 



Tho prooeso of c^plyln? the tcr is simple. The 

 seed is first covered -.rith wcter heatoc" to about ICC doproos 

 .'hr. , or ac hot ec can bo borne by the hand vrithout discom- 

 fort. Then the tar is ad^oc", in the ratio of a teaspoonful 

 of tar to oi-ht quarts of seed, end the whole Is stirred 

 until every kernel is coatee".. Aftor draining off tho rat or 

 tho coed ohould bo allouoc to dry a day or tv?o before bein-: 

 plan *oc" . 



There is ground for hoping that ruail will ru^ect 

 tarrpt sood end oeaso to dicturb it. In any event they need 

 not be coneiderod rs a serious menace to reforestration, 

 The:* Ice": the unerring sense of crsell possosoer. by rodents, 

 anc 1 iv is only by diligence and TOOL luck thet they can 

 ht iho vjroc^octo of a coed 



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