PROTECTION OF FRUIT TREES FROM RODENTS 



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with old soap-suds, thinning to the consistency of whitewash. For 

 the one peck of lime add one-half gallon of crude carbolic acid, four 

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

 the trees with this in late autumn. 



THE MODERN LIME-SULPHUR MIXTURE 



It has been found that the lime-sulphur mixture, such as is used 

 for spraying for scale insects, is quite effective in preventing work 

 by rabbits in the orchard and 



nurser}\ This is the ordin- 

 ary 15-15-50 boiled mixture 

 with which nearly all home 

 owners are now familiar. It 

 is used as an autumn spray, 

 the stems of the trees being 

 thoroughly covered with the 

 mixture entirely to theground. 



For those who desire to pre- 

 pare a small quantity of the 

 lime-sulphur mixture for a few 

 trees, to be used as a paint, 

 the following will be helpful: 



Slake one pound of fresh, 

 stone lime in a small quantity 

 of hot water. Or, one pound 

 of ordinary hydrated or "pre- 

 pared lime may be used 

 instead. 



Boil for one hour the one 

 pound of lime with one pound 

 of sulphur in one gallon of 

 water. Thin the boiled mix- 

 ture with enough hot water to 

 make three and one-third gal- 

 lons. This should be used 

 while fresh, keeping it well 

 stiri ed. 



CONCLUSION 



If young trees be girdled in 

 late spring just as growth is 

 beginning, they may be suc- 

 cessfully treated by binding about the wounded parts a heavy 

 covering of smooth tenacious soft clay. A new bark will sometimes 



Fig. 20. 

 1. 



3. 



Bridge-grafting in detail. 

 Wound. 2. Scion. 

 Wax. 4. Bark. 



