protedling, which mu^ result in depleting the bed 

 of a certain amount of the soil required for cover- 

 ing their roots, and leave hollows and depressions 

 in which the rain and snow will lodge. In protec5t- 

 ing anything with tepees of corn^alks the heaped 

 and packed soil mu^ be at the bottom of the 

 plants or climbers, and poisoned corn or bran 

 mixed with Paris green, bits of old bread, meat, 

 cake, etc. spread with such poisons as Rough on 

 Rats, or Rat Corn mixed with butter, lard, old 

 fats, will soon be devoured by the moles, rats and 

 mice and you need not fear girdling. 



^ Another efficient remedy is to cut up three 

 quarts of sweet potatoes into little pieces the size of 

 Concord grapes, then thoroughly mix one-eighth 

 of an ounce of powdered ^rychnine with an eighth 

 of an ounce of baking soda and sift this on the 

 potatoes, placing the little pieces of bait about 

 whil^ they are fresh. 



^ A remedy that has proved very successful in 

 killing off girdling pe^s is to dissolve one-eighth of 

 an ounce of ^rychnine in a quart of boiling water, 

 pouring it over as much oatmeal (about three or 

 four pounds) as it will wet. This mu^ be thor- 

 oughly mixed until all of the oatmeal has been 

 thoroughly saturated, when the bait can be 

 hidden under pieces of shingles, rubbish piles, 

 in crevices of rocks, etc. 



^ Two or three different varieties of these " foods" 

 should be placed near the bushes. 

 ^ If the girdling occurs above the " soil pack," and 

 can be discovered within a short time after the 

 damage has been done, then fresh soil should 

 immediately be heaped up above the girdle, and 

 packed firmly again^ the ^talk of the bush. 

 ^ Naturally where there are dogs or other pets 



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