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THE PROPHETIC MUSKRAT MUSKRATIt It is a strange fact that in November the musk rats l egin to build their homes and gradually enlarge them by adding more material says Edward F Bigelow in Boys Life For this reason it is said that according to the height of the muskrat house so is to be the cold of the winter that is the higher the house the colder the weather This is an error It has been claimed by the oldtimers and the error still is perpetuated that the musk Tats build their houses twenty inches higher and much warmer for long winters than for short ones There are many foolish sayings regarding the month as an index to what the winter will be the prediction extending on even into the following March
