Salt Lake Tribune | 1918-11-25 | Page 7 | U. S. Great Aid to Farmers of Idaho

U. S. GREAT AID TO FARMERS OF IDAHO FOCATKLLO. Idaho. Nov. 21. The United States department of agriculture, division of tho biological survey, hns rendered ren-dered much valuable assistance to the farmers and livestock men of the' stale this year in helping tn exterminate all kinds of predatory animals. A report recently made by YV. E. Crouch showed that the farmers of Idaho had been sived more than one million dollars in crops the past year in the campaign on rodent potp. The most recent report issued deals wllii the Ui!lir;g of piedaiorv animals in Idaho tho past ? en r. The h'olou'h nl survey sur-vey iias maintained a jredntory nnlmnf Inspector and about twenty hunters, and the department's record for the past year is as follows: During the past fiscal year 3?nt predn-torv predn-torv .animals have been killed. These include in-clude 1 7 wolves. ","16 coyote a. 3ti bobcats bob-cats and '2 mountain linns. The i ost of t'ne campaign way ;?::. 00b l-'h"..i -imT the destructive capacity of theso a nine's in a vear. the depart men t a vers th;i t II vest ve-st oek men el' Idaho have b.-n s;iv.-d $2vi.0P ihvough the kl":,v- of i pe-is. The camPaU"! will ront inuol. 'f i-e government iil make an a p- ropna t n of S-iO.UO for this wi'rk in bin ho, a-id a hill will he presented to th- nxt legislature aMiinu for an appropriation of ;"U to add to the fud-ial appronna r ion. K. W, Nrtlson Is tho state renrestmtative of Of. the bioloui.a! sui'vev of tiie i;.-pa 1 1-inent 1-inent of npriculture. a nd the above fig-urcs fig-urcs were included in his report.