Show furry mink operates Operate 3 its own cold storage plant the mink Is one animal which can refute the claims of it Is america americas s pie pi e eminent exponent of an entirely carnivorous diet and it Is not particular whether it dines on chicken duck or clams on the hilf shell when none of these courses are available fish frogs squirrels rabbits or a fat Is relished by this meat gourmet termed also minx vision water wei well sel set and least otter the mink operates its own cold storage plant not con tent with enough for one gory feast the bloodthirsty animal frequently bills kills far beyond its immediate desires for food and stores the surplus in pod ets in its den during the winter according to old trappers for the farmer or sportsman sports min who Is endeavoring to prop propagate aate nater ater fowl poultry or game birds there Is only one good mink and thit that a a dead one while the animal destroys many mice it Is blacklisted as a neighbor in wild life or agricultural comment ties what damage it can accomplish with n a henhouse or game bird reir rear in ing area within a few minutes Is ti ter instances are cited by a bubli cation of the university of michigan which describes the diets of predatory animals of 17 plymouth rock chick ns being killed by a mink in one u L another case cited is that of a farmer who lost 19 ducks and 27 chickens |