. The California fruits and how to grow them. A manual of methods which have yielded greatest success: with lists of varieties best adapted to the different districts of the state. Fruit-culture. Reduction of Rabbits. 461 them into eight small posts, or rather, large stakes. The netting is of galvanized wire. No. 19 gauge, and one and one-half-inch mesh. This netting is stapled to the posts and stakes on the inside, or toward the field. This is of prime importance, as it will not serve the purpose if it is placed on the outside. The bottom of the netting is to come down to the ground, and the
. The California fruits and how to grow them. A manual of methods which have yielded greatest success: with lists of varieties best adapted to the different districts of the state. Fruit-culture. Reduction of Rabbits. 461 them into eight small posts, or rather, large stakes. The netting is of galvanized wire. No. 19 gauge, and one and one-half-inch mesh. This netting is stapled to the posts and stakes on the inside, or toward the field. This is of prime importance, as it will not serve the purpose if it is placed on the outside. The bottom of the netting is to come down to the ground, and the ground must be left hard, and not plowed, to prevent burrowing or scratching the dirt from underneath, which can be easily done if the dirt is softened up. It is not at all necessary to. A Rabbit-proof Fence in Successful Use in Miramonte Colony, Kern County. set the netting below the ground In the sketch are shown three barbed wires, with barbs two and a half inches apart. These wires must be placed on the outside of the posts. This position is also a prime necessity. The lower wire is stretched just clear of the surface of the ground. The middle wire is one inch higher than the top of the net- ting, and the top wire, which is intended only as against cattle, is at a height suitable for the purpose. The rabbit-proof portion is comprised in the netting and the two lower wires. Hence, if cattle are not feared, and rabbits are the only foe, the top wire can be dispensed with, and the posts can be all short with a greater proportion of stakes, having only enough stout posts to stand the strain of the wires. The theory of this construction is that a rabbit can only pass the fence over the top or under the bottom of the netting, and this is effectually prevented by the barbed wires, which tear the animal if it attempts either to leap or climb over, or to scratch under. Smears Distasteful to Rabbits.—Where the expense of a fence can not be assumed, measurable protection can be had
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