PROTECTION OF FRUIT TREES FROM RODENTS 



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carefully bent or rolled over a small, round piece of wood (a section 

 of broom or fork handle will answer) shaping- them into cylinders 2% 

 to three inches in diameter. 

 It is well to allow the edges 

 to lap about one inch. 



The cylinders are placed 

 about the stem of the trees 

 where their own tension 

 will close them securely. 



At the present quoted 

 price of $3.00 per roll of 100 



Fig. 7. The soil mound. 



lineal feet for 24 inch wire cloth, pro- 

 tectors of the dimensions given will 

 cost $3.00 per hundred aside from the 

 work of cutting and shaping them, 

 which anyone handy with tools can 

 readily do. 

 SMALL MESHED POULTRY NETTING 

 This protector is made of ordinary weight, galvanized wire 

 poultry netting of one inch mesh. This is quite as effective against 

 rabbits as the closer-woven wire cloth, but will not protect the trees 



Fig. 8. The wire screen. 



