. Nature study and agriculture. Nature study; Agriculture. 388 WILD ANIMALS animal's means of defense, and it seems to place much confi- dence in it, for it always walks about with great deliberation and will not show fear if it happens to meet you. It ranges from northern Canada to Mexico and seems to maintain its numbers even in thickly settled communities. The usual food of skunks is ground squirrels, grasshoppers, beetles, and other insects. They are quite beneficial, and should therefore be protected except when they become a nuisance around buildings. The animal walks about in search of
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. Nature study and agriculture. Nature study; Agriculture. 388 WILD ANIMALS animal's means of defense, and it seems to place much confi- dence in it, for it always walks about with great deliberation and will not show fear if it happens to meet you. It ranges from northern Canada to Mexico and seems to maintain its numbers even in thickly settled communities. The usual food of skunks is ground squirrels, grasshoppers, beetles, and other insects. They are quite beneficial, and should therefore be protected except when they become a nuisance around buildings. The animal walks about in search of food at all times of the day; but it is also a great prowler at night, and if it gains entrance into a henhouse, it will sometimes take httle chicks right from under the mother hen. Skunks make their dens at the end of a deep burrow in the ground, and there they spend the winter months in a dormant or inactive con- dition. They do not lay in a supply of provisions for this season, but live on the fat they have stored up within their body. The fur of the skunk is quite valuable, and many thousands of skins are marketed every year. The white parts are dyed black, and the manufactured article is often sold as marten and under other names. The Badger is found from Minnesota to the Pacific coast. Raccoon Represents still another family of flesh- eating animals.. 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 work.. Schmidt, Charles Christian, 1859-. Boston, New York [etc. ] D. C. Heath & Co