. Beaver habits, beaver control, and possibilities in beaver farming. Beavers. 20 BULLETIN 1078, IT. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. The beavers can be baited first in the water in front of the corral, then closer, and soon inside. When the whole family or colonj^ have formed the habit of coming into the corral the door can be set and made ready for their capture. In most places green aspen bushes or branches make the best bait and will soon bring the beavers regularly for their meals. If these are not available the favorite local food can be used and will be preferred by the beavers to that whi
. Beaver habits, beaver control, and possibilities in beaver farming. Beavers. 20 BULLETIN 1078, IT. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. The beavers can be baited first in the water in front of the corral, then closer, and soon inside. When the whole family or colonj^ have formed the habit of coming into the corral the door can be set and made ready for their capture. In most places green aspen bushes or branches make the best bait and will soon bring the beavers regularly for their meals. If these are not available the favorite local food can be used and will be preferred by the beavers to that which is only to be had by going back from the shore and cutting. Pitfalls.—Adult beavers may be caught in pitfalls sunk across the regular trails where they drag their wood to the water (PL VI, Fig. 1). A hole 14 inches wide by 2 feet long should be dug across the. Fig. 6.—Corral for capturing beavers alive. Either drop, swing, or sliding doors can be arranged for closing tbe corral, but the drop door is the simplest where the beavers are to close it themselves from within. Three wire loops and a straight stick for a trigger provide a simple and effective means of springing the door. trail 6 or 7 feet deep and the excavation enlarged below to a diam- eter of 3 or 4 feet. If a barrel or tin can is available it might be sunk iii the ground in the trail for holding the beaver. If the pit is in sandy or mellow ground the bottom and the sides up 2 or 3 feet must be protected with boards or tin to keep the beaver from digging into the walls and filling up the pit in order to climb out. The excavated earth from the pit should be carried away in pails or sacks and the surface of the ground left in as natural and undis- turbed a condition as possible. When all is completed, the tops of bushes should be laid in from both sides of the trail to near the middle of the mouth of the pit and the remainder covered with slender sticks, over which leaves and grass are scattered so that the hole
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