The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-06-28
DOWN SOUTH IN DIXIE.
4 New Georgia Industry Of a Very Novel
Character.
BELYER FARMING IN The SOUTH.
yhe Habits OF the Intelligent Little Animal
and How They arc Kaised-A Descrip-
ton of Beaver Dam Hollow.
, Correspondent Of the Atlanta Constitu-

correspondent OF the Atlanta Constitu-
Non writes to that paper from Bascom as
,5l.ows.
You have never heard Of Dick Kilgorc's
beaver arms That's queer. but ! have
s,uays been surprised that some OF You news
raner fellows haven't been down 20 write
uup"
The sneaker was old Mud Cat" Williams,
who las been fisherman ia The Southeast
Georgia streams FOX fort, years.
picks going 90 make pile q money this
,s,- he continued. Ion account of this
country and England getting together and
..-ce.ng TO o closed season IN behnng sea.
M .ec thero VIII Bot De any seal skius, and
beaver SIX rs. which make "a splendid sulst-
,... ,g..l bc largely used and Will bring about
90 SKIN IN New iork.
.I,.N ha. about 200 heav rs. Young and old,
r.+ there arc not more than twenty 20 lie
eI FOR thclr SKINS this year lts new iu-
..~try. au experiment with him, md ne don't
e...t tl hll. auy except me surplus lnucs ior
Old. present. But. suppose you 90 out Wllh
"a. anl see the farm.
drive Of fon miles through The swamps
e..u. bgar creek and the hllgoro pace. or
1,aver lam Hollow. was reached.
.Now here's tle flrm SAID Williams
pointing g. tlc creek across which every few
r3t were rough dams and above then. u
I.e almost still water were mounds OF ciill,
r..ks aLt ticks coming out -cW feet above
l.. surface ~ tle water.
.l.u know beavers don't show themselves
much ia tie day. They do their WORK 1T
4-l.
~Uick owns about 1000 acres running mp
and down tie creek. lie has The land posted
. d fEafH II
eaccs would not keep tho beavers Id. but
There ls no danger them going OIL. for tins
ISL. natural home for tIen. and every beaver
l.re Anows old Diek. lc leeds them every
lelt and t-eS come when lc calls JUS, like
hogs
hI rore has been q farmer down here Tor
years and beavers have been ln the creek for
l time. uuf 10 was uol until recently That ne
BEGAN % protect and care Tor them WITH
ylc'g Co making beaver RAJ a+t8 regular bu7-
1o-s
IL VIII be- % profitable business. for tho
scarcity of seal skins has increased tho value
nf beaver skins and they will continue 90 Ia
crease year by year. s few years ago beaver
Skins sold us low as "a per SKIN, but they
elou n now bring 40 least I'D each.
Beaver skins s.ut to London and properly
Owed. a .ea. brown. are IlcuId mutations NJ
r.r-a4L The sea. fur. you know. l7 naturally
gray. They are sent o. London ana lheIe
dyed % sea. brown. The reason b say sehd
beaver SKINS 90 London ls because that Us t-e
ouI, place m the world, IT seems. tAat iurs
can Ie properly dyed.
However. THE fur of the beaver is naturally
arel4lsl brown and is a beautiful tuu just as
q is.
but 20 the faim
Ihe beaver is q queer little animal When
tu crown % we CHS from ltty tOsiAfy pounds.
It- lud legs are Is principal popr-ei7' h"lu
when iu and olt ot tie water. Inc nno i'et
.re wclbed and the front ones have claws,
" .cu are about AS convenient 10 Tie beaver
monkeys hands are % him. They can
carry stones and sticks about id them Win
c.-r. ia the water especially beaver cth
...rv quantity of freight. for he swims WITH
DIS bind feet and carries L.s loau lh ilh li,.-'1
ODD. claws.
lust after dark Mr. Kilgoro went down 20
The edge of the stream 20 ieeithe beavers.
nd don't often feed them lu summer ho
said for they get all they want Along me
banks of tie stream. They eat bark ou the
trees. and a. q bis season there I- -l uuuudauce
III fresh. tender bark and grasses and 10 u.s.
IN the winter they lay mp supply 81 iOad lOr
themselves along the banks ana IN Their
holes Iu the dams, which they buld OF roofs
and sticks and stones J ind Thorn nearly NIL
tie time u winter. when they flock together
and unite in building dams. bat I'D summer
they scatter every fellow is for h.m-eu ana
l only call them mp occaslohally gust
enough 10 keep them tame. As they are
scattered Oh for miles around, but few VIII
como 10 Il call for food"
But there were dozen r0mpinC about in
tie stream then and ia few minutes 4u le Il
number had gathered. Among them were
s.,re ar moro lttIe fellow. born only a month
aro Tie families have from tw0tos six young
4acb annually and as "a consequence tAe
families increase very rapidly.
mixture OF green food and little grain
was thrown out on the ground 10 the herd ul
i.t+Ie animals and tlov scamperel around and
n.cked itup like s. many hogs Some of
ther, would Gather DID al ear of corn Oh q
v+rm, corn Stalk and dive of with il into the
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