Show WIRE SCREENING FOR TREES TREE S mulch affords protection for mice dur ing cold weather some orchard ests use paper it if your young trees were mulched and not properly protected from mice and rabbits you will probably be su surprised r when you visit the orchard to find that many of them have been ruined mulch Is a good thing for the trees but it Is also a good thing for mice as it affords them the best protection during the winter and th they ey gather in large numbers around the foot of the trees and tat at away the bark protection Is easy tae te best material Is wire screening although some use tarred paper and veneer from wood some practice tramping snow around the base of their trees but 4 es this Is neglected and the trees are injured before the work Is accomplished the protectors should be pressed into the ground deep enough to prevent the mice from crawling under personally I 1 prefer wire screening but in base case tarred paper Is used it should be promptly removed in the spring to prevent injury from scalding |