Show an unique I 1 method of destroying mice bite mr francis russel who for or many years was sheriff substitute of 0 Rox Roxburg burgs hire shire mentions san an extraordinary instance of the Inc increase tease of mice which occurred a few years year sago ago inthe in the new plantation ladeby made by order of the town town in dean forest gloucester and in thu th new forest hants various plans were devised for the deAt destruction ruction of the mice traps were set poison laid and cats turned out but nothing ap av feared to reduce their numbers it was at last suggested that holes should be dug into which mice might be enticed and BO so accomplish their destruction holes were according any made ae about twenty 1 yards IT apart I 1 in the proportion of about twelve per acre theae the ne boles holes were from 18 inches to 20 inches in depth and 2 feet one way by IN 1 feet the other etheri and were much wider at tha the bottom so that the vermin when once in to could not easily get liet out again in three or four months at least mice were caught in this thit way and considering si that large numbers were killed in traps by poison and by animals and birds of prey it was wits computed that the destruction of mice in the two forests would probably amount to pall mall budget |