Duchesne Record | 1912-03-15 | Page 2 | Work of the Beavers

WORK OF THE BEAVERS The beavers not only cut down trees for Cor the purpose of ot making dams ut- ut also use t the smaller upper I. I branches as as' as storage supply of f food I for win winter tor use These branches from two to four diches in diameter are cut into lengths of ot two or three feet and then by wonderful engineering ability are carried beneath the wa ter and Into the beavers beavers' houses or orthe the burrows with which the bank of ot every beavers beaver's dam is honeycombed There they are aro carefully stored The green bark Is the staple article of at food throughout the winter The dams are of pf varying height and length according according ac ac- cording to the particular location A Adam Adam dam was found in hi Mesa county Colorado Colorado Col Col- orado which was Just six feet from rom bottom to top and Impounded a body of water six feet or more in depth and covering an area of several acres This dam was perfect in construction I It was composed entirely of willow bushes as no larger timber grows In Inthe I the vicinity I