Kankakee Valley Post, Volume 14, Number 42, DeMotte, Jasper County, 1 September 1944 — Prolific Field Mice [ARTICLE]

Prolific Field Mice

As field mice are matured at 25 days and capable of producing a litter of from two to nine young every 21 days, one pair are the potential progenitors of a million animals a year. Fortunately, the mice are eaten by other animals at about the same rate at which they bred.