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W ILD animals constitute a great asset in any 
well-managed forest. Occasionally some ani- 
mals become a liability also. The charm of 
the forest is greatly enhanced by the presence of deer and 
other game and by the presence of beaver, squirrel, chip- 
munks, birds, and a long list of useful, harmless or 
nearly harmless creatures. Probably among the 
 
Minnesota he seems to give some preference to white 
pine, though he also girdles many thrifty Norway pines, 
jack pines, highland or white spruce, and sugar maples. 
The most thrifty, medium-sized trees usually are pre- 
ferred. A ring of bark will be girdled at 20 or 30 feet 
above the ground, and then at various points higher up 
 
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Porky has "taken to the tall timber" in 
search of a particularly succulent morsel of 
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"PORKY" IN TWO CHARACTERISTIC POSES                           
  Tracts of virgin timber remaining 
All abristle, he waddles down the woodland path, on devastation bent, incidentally
delighting  in any region after destructive log- 
visitors to the park who may happen to catch a glimpse of him as he ambles
along. 
ging has wrecked the forest in all 
porcupine can throw   its quills is, of course, erroneous,  the surrounding
territory are particularly liable to dam- 
A  RAVE NOUS APPE TITE FOR BARK                   age by insects, rodents,
and other destructive agencies. 
This is easily accounted for from the fact that the com- 
As is well known, the porcupine feeds upon the bark       paratively small
area' of remaining timber attracts the 
of a variety of trees. He is not particular, but in northern  animal life
which formerly found its home in the sur- 
 
Pine or Porcupine? 
By W. T. Cox