As Is shown in ths following statement ( In which the percentage 
given Indicates extent of loss.) 
S. J. Carson 
2 sores 
total loss 
a • 
25 per cent 
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2 • 
60 per cent 
H. B. Hamlin 
4 • 
2 per cent 
Dr. Frida? 
2 » 
5 per cent 
Mrs. Laurence 
2 • 
b per cent 
In some of the areas the stand of cane was light , a condition that may 
have been due to rodents destroying the "eyes" in the planted cans though 
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no information as to this was available. Moot of the observations recorded 
were made in fields belonging to S. J. Carson as damage hers was mors seven 
then elsewhere. 
It was discovered that ths trouble was due mainly to ths Cotton rat 
(Slnnodon hiarldus ). A small r*rt of ths damage was attributed to the 
swamp rabbit (SvlvilaKue p. naiad ioola) , and the Rice rat (Oryzpmre 
walustris) seemed to feed on cane to some extent apparently at cuttings 
made primarily by the Cotton rat. 
The stalks of oane wore cut down at the huso by being gnawed 
completely through. Sometimes the work stopped here. Again when 
the stalks lay prostrats every section was out out completely be* 
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twssn the nodes, leaving ths whole connected only by a band of the 
tough outer fibre. In cutting ^the animals discarded the tough fibrous 
coat surrounding the stalk so that this lay in fragments in little piles 
while the pithy interior with its sweet Juice was eaten. Bent over 
or fallen st*lke that were covered b/ weeds, leaves or rubbish so that 
they were under cover were more frequently eaten than those that lay in 
