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stacks were being threshed near our home a year or so 

 ago, and over three hundred and fifty Rats received their 

 quietus as they bolted from the abode in which they had 

 made their temporary home. Unfortunately, as we 

 were afterwards told, a Weasel or two were also put to 

 death, this carnivorous little beast being one of the 

 Rat's greatest enemies. It is here that the woeful 



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ignorance of country dwellers is made manifest, and the 



interests of the farmers and game-preserver clash. If 



game preservation is necessary, or desirable, the Weasel 



must be kept under. So, for that matter, must the 



Rat, which is equally, if not more, fond of eggs and young 



birds. But it should be noted that the Rat is a farmer's 



pest, whereas the Weasel is more or less his friend by 



preying upon the former. Yet, there are few farmers 



who would be willing to preserve a Weasel, though the 



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