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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 I he wild animals who qualify as weather prophets for the experienced out-of-doors man. "Trappers believe firmly In the ability abil-ity of. wild animals to forecast weather weath-er conditions," says the Hunter-Trad-er-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 nmskrnls build large houses, with thicker walls, a cold winter Is to be expected. If the houses are made unusually un-usually high, much snow and higli water wa-ter will come. "Just before a storm, all animals are unusually active and tjavel fast and far. Even human beings notice a difference in their feelings just before be-fore n storm, especially If they are troubled with rheumatism or other ailments ail-ments of a like nature. "It is reasonable that nature has provided animals with a sixth sense for forecasting weather conditions which mean so much to them." |