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Show WILD CATTLE TROUBLE STOCKMEN OF CALIFORNIA. CALI-FORNIA. Much has been written lately about wild horses infesting certain mountain moun-tain ranges of the West and menacing menac-ing the interests of stockmen. Now comes a report from a district in the Shasta National Forest of California that wild cattle have become a nui-sance. nui-sance. These animals arc the descendants of domestic cattle, but having run without restraint for several generations genera-tions have b come as wild as deer. Stockmen will not apply for ranges infested by these cattle since tame cattle soon adopt the habits of their wild relatives and become equally as unmanageable. It is impossible to gather young stock in the fall which have run with these animals even for a season. The majority of the stockmen desire de-sire to shoot them but certain mountain moun-tain dwellers claim them and shoot an occasional one for winter beef. The forest officers will in conjunction conjunc-tion with" the stockmen interested investigate in-vestigate ' e matt or this summer and decide up-i. some plan of ridding the ranges of this pest. o . |