Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1889-08-24
Protecting Trees from Rabbits.


Protecting Trees from Rabbits.
A nursyman recommends the follow
ing remedies; A teaspoonful OF tinct-
ure Of assoietida in half bucketful
OF liquid clay, mud or muck OF any
kind, applied with brush to the stem
and branches of young trees win pre-
serve them from the attacks OF rabbits
without injury TO the trees. Two or
three applications during the winter
viii be sufficient A mixture OF lime
water and COW manure made pretty
strong forms an excellent anti RABBIT
composition. There should be plenty
OF the latter ingredient, both 10 make
IL adhere properly and because. u the
lime be in excess, the mixture dries
too white upon the trees and is un-
slightly. whereas II properly mixed II
dries Just the right shade OF greenish
gray. When tar Is Objectionable on
account 81 its iniuring The young trees,
a simple mixture Of SCOT and COW ma
nnre made thin enough 10 be put on
with bruins will help 10 ward on the
attacks oil rabbits during the ordinary
seasons. A mixture OF equal propor-
( lions Of sulphur. SCOT aud lime, made
/ up into thick cream with liquid COW
manure. IS also very effectual In cases
where strongly smelling remedy Is
not objected TO- Where appearance
I Is OF no consequence Stockholm Tar
/ Is recommended. Gas tar should
never be applied TO young trees,
\ especially n the bark be already
q ffna stem
I should be tarred from the ground
I 10 about twenty inches ia height III
/ tho trees be planted for ornament the
following plan is preferable II the ex-
ira expense be no objection. Instead
( Of applying 10 the tree Itself. stick
three or four stakes around each plant
al the distance OF 3 inches or a foot
/ from Il: then tie piece Of fresh tered
I line round the stakes at a distance Of
/ 9 inches from the ground. The tar
should be mixed with an equal portion
/ OF manure Of about the same consis-
tence AZ the tar or Il may iniure some
OF the trees. A strip OF Jared paper
tied round the stem Is also OF service
whore the rabbits are NOT very nusner-
Gus. Strong subjects may be daubed
Il with a mixture OF equal parts OF gas
tar. COW manure and water made into
thick paint II there he any marks
of old bites they should be carefully
painted over. Among miscellaneous
remedies arc the following: Place a
thin LAYER OF weeds or refuse round the
stems. and fasien IL with tough reed or
tic Of straw. Rub the bark with some
thing distasteful TO them. such as
strong smelling grease. The appiica-
ton Of a pint OF buttermilk and SCOT
when snow falls and again in March
a. said 70 be an excellent remedy.
Wire netting or tying sticks or corn
stocks round the neclts of plants are
efTectual remedies In severe seasons
southeastern Idaho II there exist
any stumbling block in the way q
This end il should be removed and re
moved at once. No town in the terwn
ritory offers better advantages. II lids.
accessible, easily so; the climate IL to
healthful: the people ere moral anon.
and with properly comhis
bined efforts on the part of the boart up
~ trustees and the people there arr DC
no reasons why II should not becom lie
A central educational point for a larg ~
scope of country in this section othe
the territory. The present time is atty,
important one to many parents livinom
In Blackfoot and around il. Theym.
have sons and daughters who are at
that age when they must soon leave :
the school room for the active pur-
suits Of everyday life, who cannot
now afford to miss school day 10 a
The year. Parents realize this fact 10
could read the biggest part of II;
But the letter had passed through
ffty or sixty hands before 1t reached
"a AS one OF the most earnest APP
meals Il contained was the sentence;
s,Don't for the world tell this to a
living soul.n The chagrln OF the
young man can be imagined when he
got back from Cleveland and found
that every one OF his acquaintance
knew about his adventure. lie says
he will either learn 70 write, or else
employ an amanuensis hereafter :
Pittsburg Dispatch.
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A Cow with Tender Heart
A fine eve sheep belonging to Elberl
/ Swan OF Preston, Conn, was drowned
, last week In brook that runs through