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Show Per Girdled or Bark-Damaged Troes. A good applicationt for. girdled trees and those that have been gnawed by rabbits, mice and other rodents, or injured by plow or cultivator , is furnish fur-nish by George Wilson to the Eng- land Farmer: "Apply a stiff plaster made of clay and cow manure, adding a little water to make it more plaster is placed over the barked porton of the tree, and secured into position by a covering of old bagging or cloth, the wound is likely to heal up in a short time. If the weather is very dry it will be necessary to wet the bandage occasionally. . "The great object of the application applica-tion is to keep the wound moist while nature heals up the injure. If the wound is a large and serious one, it may be necessary to cut off many of the top limbs of the tree. This is to equalize the flow of the sap, which is necessarily diminished by the wound. |