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An illustration of a zinc band around the trunk of a tree to prevent cats and squirrels from climbing the tree.

Zinc Bands

An illustration of a zinc band around the trunk of a tree to prevent cats and squirrels from climbing…

An illustration of a cone shaped zinc band around the trunk of a tree to prevent cats and squirrels from climbing the tree.

Zinc Bands

An illustration of a cone shaped zinc band around the trunk of a tree to prevent cats and squirrels…

"The child is wandering into danger great, / The mother draws it from a downward fate, / Thus stops its fall; better thus 'tis quite plain, / Than broken limbs to have, and hours of pain. / Would you prevent a man from drinking rum, / Destroy his liquor, and the work is done."—Barber, 1857

Prevention is Better than Cure

"The child is wandering into danger great, / The mother draws it from a downward fate, / Thus stops…