Show WEASEL SUBSISTS LARGELY ON MICE If weasels are seen about the It Is time to hunt rats not weasels according to an nn authority It Is only on rare occasions that a weasel makes his home homo In the poultry poul poul- try house and plays havoc with the flock The cause o of disappearing chicks Is far oftener due to the tile rat than to his mortal enemy the thc weasel wensel Contrary to common belief weasels wean wean- cia els do not subsist entirely on blood but actually devour the tile flesh of their kill IdU Perhaps the most Important food Item on their menu Is mice and like 1110 the thc fox they eat cat numbers of these small animals One authority In examining the stomachs of thirty weasels found that all of the specimens specImens specimens examined had bad recently eaten eaten eaten eat eat- en mice rats or ground squirrels Weasels sometimes eat birds but this Oils authority ls Is of the belief that the weasels would be missed more If 11 they were to disappear completely tI then e would the few birds they eat |