OCR Text |
Show PROTECT ALL YOUNG TREES FROM RABBITS Tarred Building Paper Tied Around Trees Will Afford Absolute Abso-lute Protection. It is timo to think about protecting the young trees from rabbits. In the editor's boyhood days we attempted to do this by applying various preparations prepara-tions to the tree trunk, but we do not recall any that were effective. Last winter we saw a young orchard in which tarred building paper, costing 00 to 75 cents per 150 feet, had been tied around the trees, affording absolute abso-lute protection. Cut in strips, wrap about the tree, and tie with tarred twine. The tar is repellant not only to rabbits, but to mice and insects, and the trunks of trees protected in this way will not be injured. This may be left on during the season if so desired. The paper may remain , around the trunk for two or three years without injury. Kansas Farmer. |