effective method is to wrap the stems with a tree shield, which is 

 a strip of wood veneer fitting closely around the stem and held in 

 place with a wire tie. Building-paper cut into strips, wrapped 

 around the stems, and tied in the same manner gives perfect pro- 

 tection. 



Another method of protection that has proved successful where 

 tried is that of inclosing the young plantation with a woven-wire, 

 rabbit-tight fence. Rabbits will seldom go over a thirty-inch 

 woven-wire fence, but they will crawl under if the wire is not in 

 close contact with the ground. 



Poisoning has in some instances proved a very efficient method 

 of protecting trees against injuries by rabbits. There are two 

 general methods used; the first is to place poisoned water in the 

 rabbit runs, especially during periods of dry weather. The sec- 

 ond method is that of placing poisoned food where the rabbits can 

 get it. Rabbits are fond of practically all kinds of vegetables and 

 some fruits; any of these may be used for this purpose. The 

 Ohio Experiment Station has had good results in destroying rab- 

 bits by dipping twigs of trees in a solution of one part of sulphate 

 of strychnine, one part of borax, one part of white syrup, and ten 

 parts of water. This mixture should be well shaken before the 

 twigs are dipped in it. They are then scattered" where the rab- 

 bits will find them. 



Washes of various sorts have frequently been recommended for 

 the protection of orchard trees against rabbits. The same can be 

 used with equally good results on the catalpas. The following is 

 recommended by the Oklahoma Agricultural Station and has been 

 found very satisfactory: One gallon of water, two pounds of soap, 

 two to four ounces of carbolic acid. Some prefer to add enough 

 vermilion to make the mixture a pinkish color. This wash is. 

 painted on trees in the fall with a brush or a swab of rags tied to a. 

 stick. Another wash which is used by the same station, and 

 which has. proved very satisfactory, is made by slacking a peck of 

 fresh lime with soapsuds, after thinning to the consistency of 

 whitewash and adding half a gallon of crude carbolic acid, four 

 pounds of sulphur, and one gallon of soft soap. Paint the trunks; 

 of the trees in the autumn in the manner heretofore prescribed. 

 The United States Department of Agriculture recommends the 

 lime-sulphur wash as having given thoroughly satisfactory results. 

 This wash consists of twenty pounds of unslacked lime, fifteen 

 pounds of flowers of sulphur, fifty gallons of water. The lime, 

 the sulphur, and one-third of the water are boiled together for one 



