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Show J ' MOLES IN THE GARDEN H' Tho. character of tho vTnolc'.s teeth H Ehow that ho belongs to tho ca'rnlvor- fl ous cla-ss of animals. ,and though at H 1 times ho may take a little vegetable H foo'd,' his regular diet Is undoubtedly H the larvae of insect?) and earth-worms. H Place beforo one of them a cut-worm 1 anc see how llercoly ho will attack it. H It Is a serious question whether in H our fields ho does not do more good H than harm, but in tho garden he is an Hl unmitigated pes,t, not so much for Hl what he eats himself, but for the gen- H oral upsetting he makes, and' ho ac- Hj cess he gives to the field mice that Hj ( follow in his burrows and cat what he H passes by. H , v Frequently wo find a mole run, pass- Hj Ing down row after row of swoct'po- H i lato ridges, and ootatoes devoured in H the path, liut'tlto marks 'on 'tho pota- H tocs(show that they werq not eaten by H -moles but by the mico whlch'VSkb'ad- H vantage of the paths' the mole has H c made Tho4rnole, nevertheless, is rc- Hl sppnslble for'tho damage. H Traps sometimes catch a few, 'but H ( j w,e havc.,SQi(lpm ha,d,JTtuct continued success with tho ordinary traps. The best mole trap is made of an old tomato to-mato can. Sink it to tho level of tho bottom -of the row, place a chip over tho opening and then cover the earth back. Tho mole 'will push the obstruction ob-struction away and then fall Into the tin can and cannot get out, provided the can is opened only by the size of tho cap. BoIs6n I bolleve to bo tho most effectual. ef-fectual. Place the poison on pieces of fresh raw beef and place in 'tho runs. We have always been inclined to befriend be-friend the mole, but In our climate they work all winter and tear our lawns up as badly as a bunch of rooting root-ing pigs, so friends or not, we must hunt them out. Dogs on the lawns arc sometimes as bad as tho moles, but they can be used in winter to help capture the moles. In vegetable gardens and lawn malce general warfare with poison and traps. Try, the tomato, can, It does not tako long to set a dozen pr so. LKjt thp boys have- the cans and pay them for every,mole caught. W p. aiassey, ?i C. |