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Show PROTECT ALL YOUNG TREES Devastation by Rabbits May be Well Guarded Against by Use of Common Com-mon Axle Grease. We know that a rabbit is a very uleanly and dainty animal, and will not touch anything that smells strong Dr that is greasy, and for that reason blood and grease have been used for pears as a smear for, the young fruit trees that have been set out. As, how-sver, how-sver, not all folks can get or care to use such material, especially as the smell of blood at its best is but short In its duration, we suggest that common com-mon dark colored axle grease be used, says Rural Life. Herbert A. Horton, in Oregon fruit grower, claims the best results for it, saying: "I had 600 icres last summer, and it was amusing amus-ing to watch the rabbits on moonlight nights. They would wrinkle their aose; spat, spat with a hind foot and move on to the next tree, but there was 'nothing doin'. on the fnaw." If one puts on a pair of cheap cotton cot-ton gloves, such as the masons and ;arpenters use in winter, smearing them liberally in the palms of the hands with the axle grease, it is quickly applied to the young trees, when they are caught near the ground and, closely encircling them, pulled upwards. This puts a thin coat ill over the trunk of the trees, that a rain will not wash off nor will the !un take away its odor. |