Show 0 0 PROTECT YOUNG FRUIT TREES snow should be ba firmly packed to prevent girdling by rabbits and field mice theo the one n e a and ad two year old f fruit trees should have the snow firmly packed around each tree grapevine currant and gooseberry bush unless this is done the trees may be girdled by rabbits above the snow line and the field mice under the snow much the better method Is to have each tree and bush wrapped with a strip of 0 tarred paper from six inches below the surface of the ground to 20 inches above the ground common brown paper may be used it if the better quality cannot bo be had it takes but a few minutes to wrap each tree where the winters are severe and the snows deep the tender bark of the large fruiting trees Is often gnawed the trunk of the tree and often the branches have the greater part of the bark completely destroyed field mice are more destructive than the rabbits as they work under the snow and are much more numerous |