Logan Republican | 1904-05-11 | Page 6 | Beavers as Irrigators

DEAVERS AS IRRIGATORS. In a dry country tho benvors' habitation hab-itation becomes the center of animal llfo, says Country LIfo In America. Tho rosult of their labors Is to mako tho bnrron placos most fcrtilo again. Their dams at short Intorvnls mako tho water flow slowly, giving it timo to porcolato into tho surrounding soil, as Is proved by tho splondld vegetation vegeta-tion nt such points; moreover, this prevents oroslons thnt sink tho bed so deeply as to c.iuso great oxponse if tho power is to bo utilized. If tho land ownerR only realized how much more valuable to them a llvo beaver is than a dead ono, thoy would speed-I speed-I Uy tako stops for their protection.