. The natural history of the farm; a guide to the practical study of the sources of our living in wild nature. Natural history. THE WILD MAMMALS OP THE FARM. sheltering piece of bark or a flat stone, supported an inch or more, allowing easy access. A few snares of the simple sort illustrated in fig. 49 (or of some better sort known to any member of the class) may be set in the briar patch in the runways of rab- bits or in the mouths of their bur- rows. 2. Such animals as the traps contain, together with such others as are provided, living or dead or represented by tanned skins are to be compar
. The natural history of the farm; a guide to the practical study of the sources of our living in wild nature. Natural history. THE WILD MAMMALS OP THE FARM. sheltering piece of bark or a flat stone, supported an inch or more, allowing easy access. A few snares of the simple sort illustrated in fig. 49 (or of some better sort known to any member of the class) may be set in the briar patch in the runways of rab- bits or in the mouths of their bur- rows. 2. Such animals as the traps contain, together with such others as are provided, living or dead or represented by tanned skins are to be compared and their characters are to be written in a table pre- pared with headings as indicated on pages 102 and 103. Fill out the table in full, but distinguish in it between original observations and borrowed data. The record of this study will consist in: I. The completed table, as indi- â cated above. 2. A map of the farm, with the location of tjT)ical haunts of the different species studied indicated upon it. Fig. 49. Spring pole and snare: At its setting; the pole is a lithe sapling, trixmned and bent, its top held down b^ a line, I, attached to a trigger in a hole in the postjp. Fast to the line is the sli] . , â¢}' - of small annealed brass wire) noose, «, (most quickly mat â de which is set across the rab- bit's path in such a position that the rabbit will push his head through it when reach- ing the bait, T, illustrates how the trigger i set in a ^ inch hole in the post. The slightest movement of the bait-stick rolls the ball and. releases the line, I, and liberates the pole to draw the Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Needham, James G. (James George), 1868-1956. Ithaca, N. Y. , The Comstock Publishing Company
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