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Harvest Mice.
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I always gave them a small portion of meat and this seemed to prevent any tendency to cannibalism.
After keeping them two years several deaths occurred, so I thought the remainder should have their liberty, and I had the pleasure of seeing them enter one of my corn-stacks where I hope they found all that their little hearts could desire, and possibly they would stray to a neighbouring bank and found a colony.
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