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Stoughton Mass.
18 Aug 1946.

Dear Sid:

  Yesterday we finished mowing and cleaning up the north side of the old place, and found field mice nests galore and one more squeaking baby which Doris took home. I also found one of the young appletrees all but girdled by their chewing. In fact I think it will have to be replaced. Will you find out what remedy is recommended for such? Could a sort of tin collar be wrapped about the young tree? Just get some bulletin or other upon the subject. It was a hot afternoon and we were all wet thru by the time we had finished, but satisfied. I am going to leave the big pile of grass and maple trees for you to burn when you come up. I scraped the grass, so that the mice couldn't find shelter another winter. Doris is feeding the brat with a medicine dropper, and I am divided emotionally between fostering her relapse into a scientific experiment and putting an end to all mice because of their destructiveness. The old cat was prowling about the cage at daybreak with a hungry nose.