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Show KNOW ALL ABOUT WEATHER Animals, in the Construction of Their Houses, Show They Can Foretell Fore-tell the Seasons. The weather man has co-partners In the prediction of a bad season in the wild animals who qualify as weather prophets for the experienced out-of-doors (man. "Trappers 'believe firmly In the abil fly of wild animals to forecast weather weath-er conditions," says the Hunter-Trad-iT-Trapper, published in Columbus, O. "The type of house which the musk-rat musk-rat builds for the season Indicates the kind of weather he expects. When the muskrats build large bouses, with thicker walls, a cold winter Is to be fxpecled. If the houses "re made unusually un-usually high, much snow and high water wa-ter will come. "Just before n storm, all animals ro unusually active and tnvel fast nnd far. Even human beings notice a difference in their feelings just before be-fore a storm, especially If they ar troubled with rheumatism or other ail-nunds ail-nunds of a like nature. "It is reasonable tha'- nature has provided animals with a sixth sense for forecasting weather conditions which mean so much to them." |