Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-12-24
TWO INTERESTING
BULLETINS FROM THE
EXPERIMENT STATION

The time of veal is at hand when
the rabbits will begin to do damage
to young shade and fruit trees where
they are not protected by some
means. Considerable loss occurs each
year by the rabbits girdling the trees
Painting the run OF the trees with
either of the washers mentioned in
the following formulas will prevent
the injury If properly done andsan
time.
Formula No. /. Slack in water
over night the quantity of unslaked
lime needed for the work. In the
morning add enough water to make
a good thick wash. stir the mixture
well. and to Zach two and one-half
gallons of the wash and two table,
%spoonsful of Paris green. Take care
to mix we'll in the wash. Apply to
the trunk of the tree with an ordinary
paint brush; keep the wash stirred
up so the ingredients will not settle
to the bottom of the pail.
Formula No. 2. Slack the lime as
above and stir in just before using in
place of the Paris green from one-half
pound to n pound of a~rsenate OF
lead to each pailful of the wash. A
handful of salt added to the wash will
make it stick better to the trunk of
the tree. Apply this wash in the same
manner as in No. /.
Formula No. 8. Take equal parts
of unslaked lime and cow manure
and add enough water to max a thick
wash, and apply with a brush. This
makes a cheap and effective remedy
TO keep rabbits from gnawing young
trees.
equal proportions of sulphur, stove
scot, n unslaked lime. Put in
enough water with these ingredients
to make a thick paint. Apply with
a brush in the ordinary manner.
1t takes no extraordinary skill or
practice to make and use any of the
washes given in the above formulas.
All the care that will be necessary
Will be to mix them carefully and APP
ply in a workmanlike ann In
formulas l and 2, two ounces of
%stryehnine may be added instead of
the Paris green or a%rsenate of lead.
Storing Cabbages.
The storing of the cabbage crop for
winter use and market is one of the
problems that the grower has to con-
at this season of the year.
While the cabbage crop is one that is
comparatively easily grown and kept,
nevertheless the grower sometimes
to W. some additional informa-
ton upon the subject.
To insure proper keeping, the heads
should be firm and should be left
ldnQlH IN lHt lltlu aS lOBE dc nv
season will permit without e%ndanger-
ing the crop by sever freezing. The
of time the crop may be safely
left in the field depends upon the To-
,ality. As a general rule, ii is safe
10 say that until the first of Novem-
or a little later will not be too
.ong.
There are NAM ways of putting up
crop. Some W. make a
.rench in the field where the crop is
yrown and bury the heads there. The
-rench is made about six inches deep
wide enough to take from three
o four rows placed side by side, n
Is long as needed. The heads are dug
I'D root and all and after shaking off
lome of the surplus dirt the leaves 1
ire folded tightly around the heads /
they are then placed head down ,
n the trench. The heads should be j.,
In close together, and then be f,
'uvered over with straw or hay to a
of three or four inches. On top :
# this a light covering of dirt should +
,e put, which should not be over two :
n three inches to start with, unless !,
weather is very cold. This cover :
of dirt is added to from time to !,
as the weather grows colder. :
should be taken not to cover too :
on the start or undue heating :
nay result. =
Ahotnef metnou. winch - pTdctlteh :.
= the same as the above. is used. But =
Of bursIng the cabbage in a =
rench. a place is leveled off and the =
placed on his and covered as y
with the same precautions. =
In the warmer sections of the terri u
like the Rio Grande valley. IL ~
,ould he better not to use the trench =
as loss might occur from !
verheating. When buried on the top "
the ground. as In the other method,
~ covering Of straw or hay viii be II
II the protection necessary to start al
it'll. When colder weather comes o.