Show I i I I II I I I I Plan to Protect I Trees From Mice Hungry Rodents Liable to toI Do Injury Any Time After November 1 Prepared by the th United states Stat Department or of Agriculture The sighted far will make preparations to guard agaInst possible Injury to hIs trees by hungry field mice whIch gnaw the trunks and roots Such Injury Is liable to occur at any time a after ter November 1 1 an an- though most ot of It Is usually Inflicted In midwinter or very early in spring under cover of heavy snow and when the more favored food supply Is running running run run- ning low according to the biologIcal survey of the United States Department Depart Depart- ment ot of Agriculture Menace Made Greater That serious Injury to orchard trees by mIce occurs only at gar lar Intervals makes the menace the greater for It usually catches the the unprepared and wholly unaware unaware un- un aware of the damage being dilDO until the melting snow In sprIng girdled trunks or the wilting trees In midsummer betray the hIdden work ot of the mIce on the roots Preventive e measures cost little In comparison with the protection afforded afford afford- ed and although frequently a gh girdled led tree may be saved by timely brIdge grafting an ounce of prevention Is worth a pound ox ot c cure re Many live fruit growers re realize Uze this truth and each fall and several times durIng dur- dur big Ing the wInter examine their orchards carefully for mouse signs It If mice are present they prepare to destroy them or take steps to prevent their attacks upon uvon trees Method of Prevention Methods of preventing mouse Injury vary accordIng to the species ot of mouse and the cultural practices followed In much ot of the eastern United States pine mIce are present and theIr Injury injury In- In jury Is usually Inflicted below the surface of the ground It Is necessary to destroy such mice unless they are driven out by deep and clean cultivation cultivation tion ot of the whole orchard Where meadow mice only are concerned such methods as mechanical protectors and repellent washes are practicable although although al- al though the destruction or of the mIce is preferable G General Information relative to methods of coping wIth field mice Is contained In Farmers Farmers' Bulletin 1397 1337 Mouse Control In Field and Orchard Orchard Or- Or chard and more specific Information to meet questions not covered by the bulletin will be given to anyone describing desCribing de- de sCribing details ot of their problems to tobe be he United States Department of Agri- Agri Washington Washington O. D. t |