A Scale Eating Mouse.
The mouse has never been regarded with an eye of favour by the gardener, and certainly the mischief it does is more apparent than any benefit it confers as a general rule. But it would seem that the mouse is distinctly useful on occasion, as the following, addressed to an English contemporary, clearly proves:— "l was much surprised to see a mouse yesterday clearing the scale from a peach tree trained against a wall under glass. It was very active, and during the ten minutes I watched it must have eaten 200 of these P pests. It was too busy to notice me, though I stood opposite it and within a few feet. It would run over and under the smallest twigs, and tixing its hind feet for support would run . its nose along the midrib of the underside of every leaf and race up and down the stem, searching for and devouring its prey without a second's pause. I left it as busy as I found it."
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Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue III, 7 January 1892, Page 3
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172A Scale Eating Mouse. Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue III, 7 January 1892, Page 3
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