I've seen old photographs of home sites where the trunks of the trees are painted white up to about head high. Does anyone know why?

Because they could only reach that high. Lol. Sorry, I just had to say that. Leigh Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T -----Original Message----- From: "Keith Shores" <seeshores@earthlink.net> Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2007 19:49:15 To:fljackso@rootsweb.com Subject: [FLJACKSO] White Tree Trunks I've seen old photographs of home sites where the trunks of the trees are painted white up to about head high. Does anyone know why? ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to FLJACKSO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

they still practice this in parts of Mexico -----Original Message----- From: mcmorrowm@bellsouth.net To: seeshores@earthlink.net; fljackso@rootsweb.com Sent: Fri, 7 Sep 2007 8:53 am Subject: Re: [FLJACKSO] White Tree Trunks Because they could only reach that high. Lol. Sorry, I just had to say that. Leigh Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T -----Original Message----- From: "Keith Shores" <seeshores@earthlink.net> Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2007 19:49:15 To:fljackso@rootsweb.com Subject: [FLJACKSO] White Tree Trunks I've seen old photographs of home sites where the trunks of the trees are painted white up to about head high. Does anyone know why? ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to FLJACKSO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to FLJACKSO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ________________________________________________________________________ Email and AIM finally together. You've gotta check out free AOL Mail! - http://mail.aol.com