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J.R.
Alcorn
1939
Nov. 11
Microtus montanus
In Community Pasture, 7mi. SE Fallon, Churchill Co., Nev.
This afternoon I went down to
the experimental plot of the
community pasture where grasses,
clover had been planted and
not harvested or grazed. My father
W. H. Alcorn said many meadow
mice were in this location. We
set 75 traps and within 1/2 hr.
we had two mice. Many runs
were noted in the Lesino Clover
but in Meadow Fescue (a grass)
were few runs, yet both were
growing side by side. The
Strawberry Clover was growing
in a plot next to the Lesino
Clover and both clovers
contained approximately an
equal amount of runways.
The Meadow Fescue, Lesino Clover,
Strawberry Clover were all in
long narrow strips (30 ft.) adjoining
each other. The soil texture was
about the same on each plot, each
had been irrigated the same
day by the flooding method. Irrigation
took place each week during summer
months & less frequent during fall