Show WEASEL SUBSISTS LARGELY ON MICE it weasels are seen about the farm it to la time to hunt rats rate not weasels according to an authority it Is rare occasions that st weasel makes III his home in the poultry house and plays havoc with the flock dock the cause of disappearing chicks Is for far oftener due to the rat than to his mortal enemy the weasel Coni contrary to common belief we weasels as do not subsist entirely on b blood but actually devour the flesh of their kill perhaps the most important food item on their menu Is mice and like the fox for they eat numbers number 13 of these small animals one authority in examining the stomachs of thirty weasels found that all of the epe 9 P e caimens examined had recently eaten mlee mice rats or ground squirrels weasels sometimes ent eat birds but this authority Is of the belief that the weasels would be missed more if they were to disappear dix appear completely then would the few birds they eat |