W.C.Russell M.V.Z., Berkeley, Calif. Feb 27 1959. Weighed the litter of young moles at 8AM. Total litter wt. 46.1g. Largest y.g. " 13.4g. smallest y.g. " 9.2g, average wt. 11.5g. Feb 28 1959 3 mi. W Tomales, Marin Co. Calif. did Mar 5 wt. 50.0g. yy died wt. Mar 4 56.3g. SKULL ONLY 13419 F Scapanus alive had 3 y.p. noon Mar 3. 77.4g. destroyed!! 13418 F " alive no young - fed to Badger 82.2g. Feb 28 1959 Sat. after lunch Jerry & I went to Swane's Ranch, Marin Co. to try to dig out some moles. Arrived at 3:30 P.M. by then they had started to work. The method employed this time as follows. Find a new freshly made mound and open it up. With aid of 1/8" steel wire probe and follow the run back for some 18" from the opening. Then place a straw just in the open entrance. When straw moves by mole pushing dirt to close opening cut across run some 18" back and behind animal. I managed to get two F's this way. Jerry didn't use probing method and as result missed 2 moles when they worked. Upon returning to Berk at 8:30 P.M. found