436 SOME FOUR-FOOTED PESTS OF THE FARM 



QUESTIONS 



1. Give life history of hares and rabbits. 



2. Enumerate injuries caused by the cottontail rabbit and give methods of 



prevention. 



3. Describe the habits of pocket gophers and the construction of their bur- 



rows. What methods are advised for extermination? 



4. Describe the habits of the common mole, and the kinds of food it uses. 



5. What economic bearing has the presence of birds of prey and weasels, 



foxes, and skunks on field mice? 



6. For what injurious work are field mice responsible and how are they 



controlled? 



7. What methods are advocated for lessening depredations of house rats and 



house mice? 



8. Give life history, habits, and methods of control of the ground squirrels. 



9. Describe habits of prairie dogs and their control. 



10. Give methods for controlling woodchuck injury. 



11. Describe habits of the common skunk, and tell of its relation to agriculture. 



12. When are litters of young produced, and how many in a litter in the case 



of the cottontail rabbit, the pocket gopher, the so-called "thirteen- 

 lined gopher," and field mice? 



13. What damage is charged to the red squirrel? 



14. Why should raccoons be killed? 



15. What observations have you made, or what experiences have you had 



with four-footed pest of the farm. 



