. Manual of gardening; a practical guide to the making of home grounds and the growing of flowers, fruits, and vegetables for home use . 156. Lath treeguard. 157. Wire-arid-posttree guard. 1U MANUAL OF GARDENING. 158. How a horse may be hitched to atree. guard is one of the are good forms oftree guards on the course hitching-postsshould be provided, wher-ever horses are to stand, toremove the temptation ofhitching to trees. Figure158, however, shows a very-good device when a hitchingpost is not wanted. Astrong stick, four or fivefeet long, is secured to thetree by a staple
. Manual of gardening; a practical guide to the making of home grounds and the growing of flowers, fruits, and vegetables for home use . 156. Lath treeguard. 157. Wire-arid-posttree guard. 1U MANUAL OF GARDENING. 158. How a horse may be hitched to atree. guard is one of the are good forms oftree guards on the course hitching-postsshould be provided, wher-ever horses are to stand, toremove the temptation ofhitching to trees. Figure158, however, shows a very-good device when a hitchingpost is not wanted. Astrong stick, four or fivefeet long, is secured to thetree by a staple and at thelower end of the stick is ashort chain with a snap in the end. The snap is secured tothe bridle, and the horse is not able to reach the tree. Mice and rabbits. Trees and bushes are often seriously injured by the gnawingof mice and rabbits. The best preventive is not to have thevermin. If there are no places in which rabbits and mice canburrow and breed, there will be little difficulty. At the approachof winter, if mice are feared, the dry litter should be removedfrom about the trees, or it should be packed down very firm, sothat the mice cannot nest in it. If the rodents are very abun-dant, it
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