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greater than the iinobfervant are aware of. 

 At feed-time and at harvefl they not only 

 feed freely upon corn, but fill their granarie? 

 with it as a rtfource in Icfs plentiful feafons. 

 Much care is beftowed on the deftrudlion of 

 moles; and 'it might be ivorth while to en- 

 deavour to leffcn the number of iicld-micc, 

 which. I am of opinion, are in their nature 

 more injurious to the farmer than moles are. 



In the rick-yard, the barn, the dwcK 

 lintT-houfe, the garden, and the nurfcry- 

 eround, their mifchievoufnefs is too obvious 

 to be overlooked ; and the utility of lelTening 

 their number in thefe places is too well 

 known to require an enumeration of fadts tq 

 prove it. 



The method of deftroying mice 15 a fub» 

 je6: not unworthy the attention of any maq 

 who is Interefled in rui;al affairs. If fomc art 

 pr fome natural eneiuics were not employed 

 in Icfiening their number, the entire fupply 

 of human food would not be fufficient to 

 jupport them. Kvcn in their pvcfent (late, | 

 hnve heard it intimated by a man whofe ob- 

 (crvations arc frequently juft, that it is a dif- 



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