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the destruction of the "eyes* in the seedling cane will prove to be of 
more importune® then the actual eating of the netorid stalk ae in cost 
cases this letter rill be harvested before serious damage oan result. 
Damage to other erops 
Serious complaint was Bade of d&aage to tomato and pepper crops 
by mice and it was supposed that these were likewise the Cotton rats, 
Examination of one or two fields showsd tomatoes and peppers that had 
been partly eaten by some rodent but I was unable to establish defin- 
itely what it was. Zt warn noticed that a number of plant® had been 
topped by the abundant ewamp rabbits* 
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