Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 91
the farmers grain and vegetables care-fully alone,— for which consideration the farmertolerates his presence in his meadows. Whilea pair of red squirrels will sometimes store up abushel and a half of nuts for winter use, theWoodchuck stores up nothing save a plentifulsupply of fat under his skin,… … A VILLAGE OF FRAI) ■895] THE SQUIRRELS, MARMOTS, AND SEWELLEL. 607 of prey, the Woodchucks in-crease in number. In OrleansCounty, New York, the fatherof my young friend Mason L.Davis owns a farm on which isa stump lot that is literallyswarming with Woodchucks.In 1894 Mason and his brothershot over…
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