Show a work the beavers not only cut down trees for the purpose of making mailing dams but also use the smaller branches as a iterate supply 0 at food for or winter use says gays a writer in our dumb animals these branches from two to four inches in diameter are cut into lengths of 0 two or three feet and then by woud wonderful erful engineering ability are carried beneath the water and into the beavers houses or the burrows with which the bank of 0 every brav ers dam dain Is hon honeycombed eysom bed here they are caro carefully fully stored the green bark la Is the staple article of food throughout the winter the dams are of varying height and length according to the particular location I 1 found a dam in mesa county colorado which was just six foot feat from rom bottom to top and impounded a body of water sl six feet or more in depth ind and covering an area of several acrea acre this dan was waa perfect in construction it was composed entirely of willow bushes as no large timber grew la in the vicinity |