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Show LXTX OF A MOLE. A scientist had discovered that moles are usually actively at work In the early morning or late in the afternoon. It Is not difficult to klif them with a pitchfork when they are" working, the animals being located by observing the movement of the ground above them. If water Is allowed to run Into the burrow bur-row and fill It the animal when present can be forced to come to the surface and avoid drowning and may be easily j killed. The best remedy "for the damage done to lawns and grass plots by moles Is prompt rolling with a heavy roller: By continued repetition of this the moles will be driven away, at least tern-porarily. tern-porarily. It Is believed that moles have few natural enemies. Their food consists chiefly of earth worms and Insects that live In the ground, and their presence In large numbers at any place Is an evidence evi-dence of the abundance of 'their food. There. Is no doubt that they do much good by destroying many noxious In- Sects. If It were not for the Injury done to lawns by throwing up ridges of earth along which the grass .dies or to gardens gar-dens by loosening the roots of young plants, moles would be more beneficial than harmful. ' |