. Control of field rodents on California farms. Rodents. IV. MISCELLANEOUS RODENTS Meadow Mice, Kangaroo Rats, and Muskrats, damage farms and gardens in many places Meadow Mice Meadow mice or voles (genus Microtus; fig. 19), commonly called field mice, are blunt-nosed, with small furry ears and a scantily haired tail, and are covered with soft dense fur that is black- ish brown or grayish brown. Adults measure 4 to 6 inches in head-and-body length, with the tail 1% to 2% inches long. They live in fields or in ditchbanks covered with weeds or grass, in mead- ows, in grain or alfalfa fields, som
. Control of field rodents on California farms. Rodents. IV. MISCELLANEOUS RODENTS Meadow Mice, Kangaroo Rats, and Muskrats, damage farms and gardens in many places Meadow Mice Meadow mice or voles (genus Microtus; fig. 19), commonly called field mice, are blunt-nosed, with small furry ears and a scantily haired tail, and are covered with soft dense fur that is black- ish brown or grayish brown. Adults measure 4 to 6 inches in head-and-body length, with the tail 1% to 2% inches long. They live in fields or in ditchbanks covered with weeds or grass, in mead- ows, in grain or alfalfa fields, sometimes around haystacks, and in orchards with covercrops or where the grassy ground cover is allowed to remain. Meadow mice live both on the surface of the ground and in burrows. Most species cut off the vegetation to form little pathways about an inch in breadth that extend here and there through the grassland. These connect with the many small bur- rows which the mice make in the soil (fig. 20). Such workings are often hid- den when the grass cover is tall. If the presence of meadow mice is suspected, it may be necessary to part the grass tops and search beneath the cover. The num- ber of mice present may be inferred by the amounts of freshly cut grass or of droppings to be seen in the runways. Meadow mice cut alfalfa and grass in irrigated pastures, often hollow out over- wintering sugar beets, sometimes damage strawberry and artichoke plants, and consume hay in stacks or in bales left in the fields, gnaw the bark and roots of trees surrounded by grass and weeds, and eat root crops or bulbs. Alfalfa fields are occasionally damaged by meadow mice to the stage where no profit results to the farmer. The damage is irregular in. Fig. 19. Meadow mouse. The fur is dense and soft, blackish to grayish brown, and the ears are furry and partly hidden. Head and body length, 4 to 6 inches, tail 1% to 2% inches. [38]. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images th
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