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Moles  Eat  Potatoes 
On  page  1332  D.  S.  Redner  gives  his 
experience  of  moles  eating  potatoes  in  the 
rows.  For  many  years  my  fate  was  to 
suffer  as  he  did  from  same  cause.  Some 
years  ago  I  had  two  barrels  of  potatoes 
in  a  dark  corner  of  my  cellar.  I  had  not 
looked  at  them  for  some  time ;  when  I  did 
I  found  all  the  potatoes  on  top  each  bar¬ 
rel  chewed,  much  as  cats  do  many  pieces 
on  ground.  I  set  a  rat-trap  baited  with  a 
piece  of  potato.  The  next  morning  I 
found  a  full-sized  mole  dead  in  trap.  Set¬ 
ting  it  again  with  same  bait,  the  following 
morning  I  found  another,  larger  mole. 
The  potatoes  were  not  again  molested. 
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Moles  Do  Eat  Corn 
Considerable  attention  has  been  given 
to  the  mole  lately,  in  The  R.  N.-Y.,  and 
I  admire  the  candid  talk  of  the  professor 
who  admitted  that  he  was  “mistaken  in 
his  younger  days,”  as  to  the  eating  of 
grain  by  the  moles.  For  40  years  I  and 
a  certain  professor  have  been  fighting 
(figuratively  on  this  question  of  moles 
eating  planted  corn,  the  professor  claim¬ 
ing  that  the  corn  must  have  been  taken 
by  rats  or  mice  that  followed  in  the  runs 
of  the  moles.  “For,”  he  said,  “moles 
never  touch  corn,  in  captivity,  starving 
to  death  before  eating  it.” 
But  a  dozen  or  so  years  ago  this  pro¬ 
fessor  wrote  me  that  very  unexpectedly 
he  had  found  that  moles  did  sometimes 
eat  corn,  and  I  deduced  from  this  that  it 
was  when  the  grain  had  been  partially 
softened  by  sprouting.  I  answered  the 
professor’s  admission  by  saying  that 
“hundreds  of  boys  who  had  replanted 
corn  taken  by  the  moles  were  ahead  of 
him  in  the  discovery.”  This  was  rubbing 
it  in  almost  too  much. 
I  think  that  in  places  the  mole  is 
very  useful  to  man,  by  destroying  the 
May  beetle  and  its  larvae,  the  white  grubs 
that  sometimes  kill  Blue-grass  sod.  So, 
while  I  fight  them  in  the  lawn,  garden, 
strawberry  plot  and  newly  planted  corn¬ 
field,  I  leave  them  to  help  me  in  or¬ 
chards,  vineyards,  pastures  and  many 
other  places.  I  have  seen  as  much  as  a 
quart  of  May  beetles’  legs  and  wings  in 
one  deposit  in  moles’  runs. 
Flow  do  I  kill  them?  Easy  enough; 
mole  traps  are  too  slow.  Take  a  gen¬ 
erous  slice  of  beefsteak,  sp'read  strychnine 
one  one  side,  cut  in  bits  %  in.  square, 
punch  holes  in  the  mole  runs  With  a  cane, 
drop  a  piece  of  the  meat  in  and  cover 
with  a  clod.  Pocket  gophers  may  be  erad¬ 
icated  by  plugging  a  small  potato  with  a 
penknife,  inserting  strychnine  and  re¬ 
placing  plug.  Then  dig  near  the  mound 
to  the  open  holes,  roll  in  a  potato  and 
cover  up.  This  is  best  done  in  the  Fall 
and  before  Spring  the  gophers  are  miss¬ 
ing. 
I  am  at  variance  also  with  the  pro¬ 
fessors  in  the  matter  of  bees  opening 
grapes.  They  do  it  by  labial  attrition, 
rather  than  by  puncture.  It  occurs  only 
occasionally  and  is  not  a  usual  habit. 
Sometimes,  you  know,  a  pig  will  suck  a 
cow,  and  a  rooster  may  take  the  place  of 
a  hen  in  sitting  on  eggs. 
Illinois.  BENJ.  BUCKMAN. 
Is  the  Pocket  Gopher  Back  East? 
I  have  just  been  reading  Mr.  Redner’s 
letter  telling  about  moles  eating  potatoes. 
Is  he  sure  the  animal  that  he  describes 
is  a  mole?  What  little  description  he 
gives  fits  exactly  the  description  of  the 
pocket  gopher,  the  great  Alfalfa  pest  of 
the  West.  If  pocket  gophers  have  really 
got  a  start  in  New  York,  fight  and  ex¬ 
terminate  them  if  possible,  for  they  are 
very  destructive  in  orchards,  gardens  and 
Alfalfa  fields.  I  could  tell  you  stories  I 
know  to  be  absolutely  true  of  damage 
wrought  by  them  in  the  Middle  West  that 
you  probably  could  not  believe,  they 
sound  so  exaggerated.  * 
Here  are  a  few  characteristics  by  which 
you  may  identify  them  if  present:  Short, 
thick-set,  with  very  heavy  strong  front 
feet,  front  legs,  neck  and  shoulders.  Head 
shaped  like  a  pig’s,  with  small,  near-sight¬ 
ed  eyes.  Two  front  teeth  on  lower  jaw, 
long,  curved  and  very  strong.  Usually 
lives  and  travels  alone,  and  almost  al¬ 
ways  ready  for  a  fight  when  caught  in  the 
onen.  Snorts  and  throws  head  up  much 
like  a  hog.  Color,  brown,  wfith  some¬ 
times  a  patch  of  white.  Throws  up  a 
sei’ies  or  string  of  mounds,  each  contain¬ 
ing  from  a  gallon  to  a  barrel  of  earth. 
Seldom  a  visible  entrance  to  burrow  or 
mound.  Weight  up  to  a  pound.  They 
are  very  fond  of  roots  of  many  kinds, 
especially  Alfalfa,  sweet  potatoes,  white 
potatoes.  Sweet  clover,  apple,  cherry, 
etc.  Will  store  large  quantities  of  roots 
and  grain  underground  for  Winter  ra¬ 
tions.  J.  h.  tullis. 
Getting  Rid  of  Flying  Squirrels 
I  would  like  to  know  some  way  of  get¬ 
ting  flying  squirrels  out  of  the  house. 
Can  any  reader  make  a  suggestion? 
New  York.  L.  G. 
“What  profession  is  your  boy  Josh  go¬ 
ing  to  select?”  “I’m  going  to  educate  him 
to  be  a  lawyer.”  replied  Farmer  Corntos- 
sel.  “He’s  naturally  argumentative  an’ 
bent  on  mixin’  into  other  people’s 
troubles,  an’  he  might  jes’  as  well  get 
paid  fur  his  time.” — Washington  Star. 
As  your  foot  leaves  the 
ground — ankle,  instep 
and  toe  are  bent  in  ac¬ 
tion.  A  boot  has  no  lac¬ 
ing  in  front,  like  a  shoe, 
to  give  as  you  walk.  The 
entire  strain  must  be 
taken  by  the  rubber  itself. 
In  a  fraction  of  a 
second  your  whole 
weight  shifts  to  the 
ball  of  your  foot — a 
strain  that  tests  not 
only  the  rubber  itself 
but  the  construction 
of  the  entire  sole. 
First,  150  to  200 
pounds  of  weight  comes 
down  hard  on  the  edge 
of  your  heel.  Only  the 
strongest  reinforcements 
at  the  heel  can  stand 
the  continued  repetition 
of  this  blow . 
Every  step  you  take 
Here’s  what  happens  to  your  boots 
Every  step  you  take  your  boots  meet  two 
kinds  of  strain. 
Kicking  around  the  barnyard — plough¬ 
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to  stand  up  against. 
Bending  and  wrinkling  with  every  move¬ 
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strain  that  demands  flexibility! 
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elastic  band. 
Cut  a  strip  of  rubber  from  a  “U.  S.” 
Boot — and  you’d  find  it  would  stretch 
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and  pliable — resists  strains  and  prevents 
breaking. 
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on  layer  of  tough  fabric  reinforcements. 
In  the  places  where  the  hard  wear  comes 
there  are  from  7  to  11  separate  plies  of 
rubber  and  fabric  in  “U.  S.”  Boots. 
Reinforcements  that  give  rugged 
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sisting — these  are  the  reasons  why  “  U.  S.” 
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elastic  rubber — the  two 
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