The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1904-10-27

of the ground. Some in setting traps
will lead to the best results, but it is a
much slower process than poisoning.
MoIes are usually actively at work in
the early morning or late in the after
noon. It is not difficult to kill them
with pitchfork wher they are work.
ing, the animals being located by OBJ
serving the movement of the ground
above them. If water is allowed to
run into the burrow and fill it, the ami
NAL when present can be forced to
come to the surface to avoid drowning,
and may be easily killed. The best
remedy for the damage done to lawns
rolling with a heavy roller. BY con-
tinued repetition of this the moles win
be driven away, at least temporarily.
Moles have few natural enemies.
Their food consists chiefly of earth
worms and insects that live in the
groudn, and their presence in large
numbers at any place is an evidence of
the abundance of their food. There is
no doubt but that they do much good
by destroying many noxious insects. II
it were not for the injury done to
lawns by their throwing up ridges of
earth along which the grass dies, or to
gardens by their loosening the roots of
young plants. moles would be more
beneficial than harmful.-D. p. Lantz
in the New England Homestead.
THE MOOSE SEASON IN MAINE.
The season for hgunting Maine moose
opened to-day. Iii Canada the moose
hunting season began in the western
part of the province of Quebec on
October 1, and in the eastern part Of
the Dominion on September 1. Names
nose have increased considerably in
numbers in the past year or two, and
Y there has been an increase, also in
Canada. whether the increase in
Canada is due to the protection afford
ed by law, as in undeniably the case in
Maine, or to the fact that the forests
are SO wide and so difficult of access
to all save native hunters or visitors Of
ample means, is hard to determine;
but it is. certain that moose are numer-
Gus in New Brunswick and in the east
erns part D fthe Province of Quebec this
fail, and also in some parts Of Nova
Scotia.
The valley Of the Metapedia river and
the interior regions oe the counties of
Gaspe. and Temiscouta are among the
best hunting grounds in eastern
Quebec, while the animals are very
plentiful in Pontiac and Ottawa coun-
ties, and. in the district of Mattawa,
in the western part Of the province.
The season Is a little early yet for
good NOSE shooting, because the leaves
are still thick upon the trees; but
several parties from the United States
have already had fine sport in Cana
da. The leaves are now falling rapid
", and the next few weeks will be q
lively time for the antlered game.
The later a NOSE is killed, the better
his coat, for while most other animals
whiten as the snow season comes on
the moose takes on darker colors, and
his coat. as well as his head, is thus
made more attractive. "a late October
or November moose is the best trophy
for at that. time although the coat
may not have attained the glossy blael,
Of midwinter, the horns are intact-and
without the horns a head amounts to
nothing.
The huntre who waits too long fol
his moose may find that the biggest Of
the bulls have shed their honrns
which generally occurs in December
but sometimes in November. The only
bulls shed their horns first and some.
times immense antlres are found in
the woods by sportmen and sent to the
taxidermist's to eMmounted alone o.
to be afted to other heads, Ehis ha:
often been done by skillfiul taxider.
mists SO cleavedly that no one soul6
detect the trick.-Banger Letter in
New York Sun.