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: INDEX 
Meadow-mouse, 
48 et seq.; 
common, 51; general habits, 
56; plague of, 58; preven- 
tion of plagues, 62; food of, 
65; damage from, 66; pre- 
vention measures, 68; pro- 
tection of orchards against, 
70. 
Merriam, Dr. C. Hart, 119, 
122, 197, 245. 
Mink, 242; life of, 254; value 
of, 256; ‘trapping, 257; cul- 
tivation for profit, 258; 
care of, 260. 
Minkeries, 259. 
Mole-gopher, 113. 
Moles, 194; under the lawn, 
194; strength of, 196; 
methods of, 197; star-nosed 
mole, 198. 
Montgomery, F. U., 9. 
Moose, 273. 
Mountain goat, 282. 
Mouse, 37 et seg.; pantry- 
mouse, 37; meadow-mouse, 
48; Japanese dancing 
mouse, 38; prevalence of, 
40; carry bacilli, 41; musi- 
eal, 43; prairie mouse, 53; 
food habits, 55; wild habits, 
56; pine mouse, 53; deer 
mouse, 68; pocket mouse, 
68; harvest mouse, 68. 
Musk-hog, Texan, 282. 
Muskrat, 76 et seg.; mischief 
done by, 76; value of, 78; 
as a food, 80; recipe for 
317 
cooking, 82; trapping, 84; 
preparation of pelt, 88; 
cultivation of, 89; possibil- 
ities, 90; suitable places 
and proper care, 91. 
Nelson, E. W., 66. 
Orchards, protection of 
against mice, 70; against 
rabbits, 173. 
Osgood, W. H., 213, 250, 269. 
Otter, 263. 
Peccary, 273. 
Pack-rat, 101 e¢ seg.; thiev- 
ing propensities, 102. 
Pekan, 243. 
Pennant’s marten, 243. 
Pantry-mouse, 37 et seq. 
Pest of wild horses, 280. 
Phosphorus, use of in destroy- 
ing pests, 290. 
Pine-marten, 242. 
Pine-mouse, 51, 53; food hab- 
its, 55. 
Piper, Stanley E., 60. 
Pocket-mouse, 68, 
Poisoning and trapping, direc- 
tions, 288 et seq.; waste of 
effort, 288; phosphorus and 
arsenic, 290; virtues of 
strychnine, 292; poisoning 
rats and house mice, 294; 
poisoning field-mice, 296; 
poisoning rabbits, 298; 
poisoning prairie dogs, 299; 
