oper, 1935 10 mi. W. Justine (and Newman), Stanislaus Co., Calif. August 7, seen, squirrels are regaining their usual level much sooner than the other rodents. And considering their "prolificness", hardi- ess, and general adaptability, this is easy to imagine. The cottontail I shot while collecting my traps this morning. After talking with several of these San Joaquin Valley farmers and stockmen I am contacting a angle different from that presented by scientific societies. How shallow, transparent and at times utterly irratio- al are these agricultural men. Very often they realize something of the complexity of nature but most often they "can't see the forest for the trees". August 10, Last night I set out 31 traps on the opposite hillside from that at which we are camped, that is on the south-facing slope. The slope is very steep, about 35%, and the soil as very thin covering over the harder sedimentary deposits underneath. Here, among chemists and wild buckwheat I set out the traps.