Show pet woodchuck benj enjoys life down on the farm pittsville PITTS VILLE WIS peter the tha great a pet woodchuck of the george betters near pittsville Pitts vUle ville has become domesticated and from all indications he likes living on the yetter farm as well as any woodland home mrs yetter found the baby woodchuck last june at castle rock near sparta he was huddled near a path trembling with fright she brought him to their farm named him peter and fed him milk with a medicine dropper until he became a seven pound playful little animal one day last september peter wandered into the garden dug his first hole and hibernated for or the winter in april hel helett left his den and was found wandering in the garden by joe arnold a road patrolman mrs yetter was wag summoned and peter seemed tickled to see her again again he was fed with an eye dropper for or he had lost four our pounds but now he eats all he can get he is very fond of lettuce and has developed a taste for sweets especially ice cream and cookies peter makes himself at home in the th e yetter house when the betters are too busy to play with him he amuses himself with an old rubber ball and when he is tired he up on the davenport tor for a nap the farm cats are afraid of the woodchuck but peter has made friends with the fam ilys big yellow haired dog |