Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 148, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 July 1918 — Ground Moles Are Big Eaters. [ARTICLE]

Ground Moles Are Big Eaters.

A Scotchwoman has just announced the results of an Interesting series of observations on the common mole. The most striking point to the layman is the inordinate appetite of this tiny creature. A mole will eat its own weight in earthworms in 24 hours. An ordinary man eating in the same ratio would require 150 pounds of food a day. If the human race were constituted like the moles, comments an exchange, Mr. Hoover’s task would be hopeless from the outset. One-of the moles which was a subject for study weighed four ounces and devoured 120 ounces of foo|l in a single month.