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M.C. Russell
M.V.Z., Berkeley, Calif.
Jan. 18, 1960
Started again after moles. On Feb. 5, 1959,
I described a gadget for spotting working
moles at night. It was not too
successful. However a thought came
to me how this gadget might be
modified to work better. Spent Sun.
screwering the sticks. Previously the
triggers were placed at the entrance to
and opened burrow. The idea being
that when light went on I would
dash there & find mole working and
dig it out with shovel. Didn't work
that way. The mole would plug opened
burrow, just enough to activate the
light & then often wait awhile before
continuing working. Also I didn't
always know where the burrow
was so it was difficult to dig
out. Decided to make a slightly
different approach to the matter.
The idea is to make
a 12-14" cut in the mole's burrow
and set the light stick in center of
this cut. Now when light comes on
the theory being sir mole will be