Hedgerow Life 
and stored away in holes for future use. 
It is nothing unusual to find, stowed 
away in a rat’s store-house, a gallon 
or two of potatoes. And added to this 
wholesale robbery is the loss caused by 
smaller members of the family. The 
short-tailed field-mouse, the long-tailed, 
and the bank-vole, all take their toll of 
the crops. But they have their own 
enemies, which follow them into their 
holes and along their runs, and pounce 
on them if they venture into the open. 
The bloodthirsty little weasel chiefly 
lives by catching rats and mice, and is 
really a friend to the farmer, who never- 
theless seldom fails to kill him whenever 
he gets the chance. The bigger stoat 
also kills rats, but prefers rabbits when 
he can get them, which shows good 
taste, I think But the owls are the 
