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Field mice are abundant In this vicinity, and iu 1 1 ■ • - winter of 1904 B did much 
damage i v hards In neighboring orcharda, where girdling li claimed to be 
done bj rabbi ta. I And that in fire sixths of the caaea the Injury If done bj mice 
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Field mice are abundant In North Carolina. On account of the general lack 
bf sn..\\ in the vicinity of Raleigh thej have not done Berious damage to ti 
but nre verj troublesome In gardens. The general observer charges moles with 
all the damage, but 1 have found that the mice, following in the mole runs, are 
tin- moat serious enemies. Following undei the sweet potato ridges thej gnaw 
t tif potatoes and do a greal deal of damage. By using carbon bisulphld In the 
Biole runs 1 destroyed more mice than moles, and became satisfied that tin* vege 
table eating was mainly, If not entirely, done by the mice [pine mice]. 
Raleigh, \. C. 
in the winter of 1904-6 my loss In the peach orchard from mice was fully i«» 
.nt of the L-year-old trees and ."► per cent of the 2-year-old. One 2 
year-old peach orchard having turnips only on the ground was badly injured 
where snow was drifted. Another orchard In rather grassy corn stubble was 
injured in tli*' same way. Peach seedlings in the nursery were also badly 
injured. Aspers, Adams County, Pa. 
Young trees and nursery stuck were damaged by mice in 1904-5 when the 
snow was deep. It is difficull to protect nursery stock. The common skunk 
destroys field mice, and protecting the skunk is the best preventive of Injury 
of which I know. Collinsville, Hartford County, Conn. 
Mice become worse every year, and its seems impossible to prevent damage 
now. This year, while there has been hut little snow, they have damaged many 
I have had 150 trees killed by mice in my orchard of L20 acres. They 
eat the hark from 8 inches below the surface of the ground to 12 or 1"» inches 
shove the ground. Council Grove, Morris County, Kana 
A lot of the trees heeled in the ground over winter and covered heavily with 
leaves were damaged by mice. Versailles, Ky. 
During the winter of 1903-4 we had about 50 trees girdled in the orchard. 
Field mice seem to come as a scourge periodically. I can remember of from 
four to five seasons out of the past twenty-five when the pest was wry. very 
numerous here. It seems almost incredible how all of a sudden they come and 
then seemingly mysteriously disappear. The country seems now to be almost 
fr »f them. Center Point. Iowa. 
Considerable damage has heen done in the nursery, particularly to seeds of 
trees and shrubs, and also in girdling young trees under heavy snow. The mice 
I pine mice] work under mulching on trees and. in mole runs, on seeds and roots 
of some plants. Saginaw. X. C. 
No injury was noticed this open winter, hut last year they girdled many 
young apple trees, both in the nursery rows and when heeled in. 
Some few years ago this whole section suffered untold mischief by an unusual 
incursion of short-tailed field mice. They seemed to be everywhere, especially 
on roadsides and under hedges. While the snow lay deep they ate the hark from 
the roots of apple, locust, and some other trees, Including the Osage orange. 
