Show woodchuck aids farmer fanner for years farmers have killed 0 one ne of their friends although they were unaware that it was a friend frie nd they were killing the woodchuck which seems to have no particular purpose in nature actually is an excellent cultivator it has been estimated that a woodchuck wi will 11 bring about pounds of subsoil and rock to the surface each year thus aiding in the building of fertility in the subsoil and also providing better be tier entrance of rain water to the lower I 1 ower reaches to which plant roots extend in their search for moisture |