Show destructive RODENTS means of destroying them suggested A few days since a local article was published in the NEWS MEWS calling attention to the 11 great rest destruction io to trees caused by field mice muskrats and other rodents during the past winter and inviting suggestions as to the best means of destroying them it has called forth a nu number in ber of responses one person suggests coating the tru trunks aks of the trees as high up as the animals reach with a wash made of a mixture of quicklime cow manure and water it is ia claimed that this is a sure means of preventing mice squirrels or other animals trout eating the bark and is quite harmless to the trees edwin steadman of west jordan suggests giving the trunks of the trees a coating of stockholm tar we suppose the ordinary tar which can be e made from the pitch pine found in this country would answer equally well to be applied when warm with a whitewash brush he claims to have had experience in the use of this remedy reme y and never to have known it to fail brother J D wilcox of arming farminer ton rives gives his method ol 01 of dealing with the pests as follows 1 I take 10 or 12 grains of strychnine J and dissolve in half a pint 0 of warm water then put in half a pint dint of wheat prepare in tile the morn morning keep warm through the day so that the wheat will absorb the water then about sundown go around and drop dro 10 or 12 grains grain of the wheat in their holes boles do not leave too much exposed or you may kill useful birtis biros I 1 have used it for blackbirds black birds when they made too free w with th my oats oat 3 and for squirrels n w lien digging up my corn after planting like efred tools it should be handled with care to save fruit trees that are girdled take a limb of the same insert in the root like ra a graft have fit long ions enough to come a few incites inches above the girdle then shave the bark from the tree and the same with the line and fasten with a tack cover the wound with graft ers wax wrap the upper part with cloth and tie securely As these pests work mostly under cover keap all rubbish away from trees and when snow falls deep pack it down around the trees with your feet so they cannot work under it when the tops of trees are getting dry after laving having been baen girdled it is of no use to bother with them |