| Show Beavers Slowly Ousting This Man From His Farm Heading A A colony of beavers has all but taken over the farm of Nathan I. I Ruth near here I And while Huth Ruth scans the records for tor some form of ot farm relief for his particular case the beavers under pro pro- of state game gatna laws law are stead lly lIy moving mo In on the property in greater great er numbers and building their homes Some gome of ot the damage caused by the beavers bearers were listed by Ruth They included Felling Fellin c cr tI flees I Building of a dam and changing the course of a stream traversing the farm Three acres under water and converted con cone from once dry meadow to sod sod- den len den marshland Destruction of an acre of corn stored away by the animals for the winter season Ruth Is faced with a perplexing problem lie cannot trap the animals as is they are protected by state law That action was taken several years ago by the state game commission because because because be be- cause the beaver was rapidly becoming extinct It Is believed the ers beavers moved In Inon Inon Inon on Ruths Ruth's farm because it contains a large supply of aspen birch and poplar trees trees the the principal diet of the beaver |
