THE PAMPERED BEAVERS
Nearly a thousand heavers have been press-ganged to work for the American Government this summer.
They are being used in a number of Government conservation jobs at Idaho. Their well-known propensity for making dams has made them useful assistants to the engineers of the Game Department and the Biological Survey. In order to get the beavers in fit condition for their strenuous labours they are first given a free holiday. In other words, after the beavers are trapped they are sent to special camps and given Government rations of corn-cobs, apples, bread, and carrots. The engineers begin work on the dams where they are needed to give the beavers a start. The animals then set to work with feverish energy, and will complete a dam in about 10 days. Beavers were first employed for the prevention of soil erosion in 1922, and have since been used in many States. A beaver costs the Government about a pound, but it is officially stated to do about £6O worth of useful work a year.
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Evening Star, Issue 23113, 12 November 1938, Page 8
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175THE PAMPERED BEAVERS Evening Star, Issue 23113, 12 November 1938, Page 8
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