Quote Originally Posted by Stolly View Post
Wharfee, one for you? Why do farmers kill moles again? Is it that the mole hills make fields uneven (yeah, can't be doing with uneven fields in the Dales ) or that the moles, in eating lots of worms, effect the soil in some way? Or do moles perhaps carry diseases that can infect sheep and cattle? Or do sheep's feet can stuck in the holes?

Or is it a tradition long lost in time as to the exact reason?

And having killed them why the feck do they have to be pegged out on fences?
I asked this the other day on another thread, but here is probably a better place for the question. I always thought mole-catchers pegged them out to show how many they'd killed, as it helps them get paid. Wharfeego we need answers.