| Show BEEF AND HOG LIVER SAVES FRUIT TREES from rabbit destruction an inexpensive and effective remedy highly endorsed reports rench us all parts of the county that during the past winter rabbits hare placed havoc etith the young fruit trees hon joseph E johnsons oung orchard south ot hun is almost entirely destroyed and at Cast ledale james jeffe richard miller nad olsen and several others suffer similar leases although not so great were sustained at orange villa perron and emery there is no fremed or the d anage in burred but several against future losses some suggest paint lime and ft rapping but objections are offered to all ot these because 0 either failure of some of them in the past to prevent rabbit depredations or the expense time required etc A similar and remedy was discussed at the stake priesthood meet ing at huntington last week and fortus atel there were severa prominent fruit growers present who bad tried the remedy suggested and each and all them declared that it bad been most success ful tho plan la simply to take hog or beets liver and rub the brunke of the oung trees with it in the fall it is best to rub the trunks pretty high up and also the lower limbs just as high 13 a rabbit can possibly reach by jump ing or reach when there ig several inch u of snow upon the ground As a stated above those who have tried this experiment endorsed it heartily and de dared that trees so rubbed were exempt from any sign 0 harm by rabbits hog and beet livers ire usually thrown here hence practical cost nothing their application to the trees is easy and quickly done with such endorsement as tho remedy is given it is likely that the liver application will be given a gen eral trial next fall in the discussion the lime and sulphur spring spraying was also endorsed and the later pans green spraying and trunk wrapping to knock the coddling moth |
