Show STOCKMEN UNITE UNITE T TO WAR ON RUSTLERS RUSTLERS- lA LAWS WS DRAFTED BY CATTLEMEN TO CURB RAIDS State Other Agencies Outline Drive in Growing Thefts With raids of motorized cattle rustlers coming more frequently and with greater losses to the stock- stock raIser agricultural leaders leader of Utah were banded together Sat Saturday to weave a legal network that It is hoped loped will snare these modern ban bane David F. F Smith state commissioner commis- commis ioner of agriculture disclosed that laws aws to protect stockmen against these hese gasoline bandits are being beingS drafted for introduction into t the e next legislature The Utah State Farm Farm bureau state tate department of agriculture and arid stockmen's organizations organizations' are CO cooperating coop with other agencies in drafting a farm legislative program that will cover numerous phases phases of bf the industry Stockmen will meet in Salt L Lake k k City on December 9 with representatives o of other agencies to go go o over details of proposed laws to stop increasing thievery of ot live live- stock Hustling Increases Our brands inspection law Jaw isa Ia a. a carryover from the horse and buggy days and livestock thievery has increased increased in increased in- in creased by leaps and bounds bound as asa a result of its not having been m modernized modernized mod mod- I- I to meet present conditions conditions' Commissioner Smith said Old forms of cattle rustling are ae not in it with the modern methods methods methods meth meth- of conducting this illegal busi busi- ness Thieves drive onto the range at dusk pop over some animals with a small caliber gun and are miles away by morning One small livestock raising county county county coun coun- ty reported 40 unsolved cases of f stock thievery in six ix months The raids are not limited to beef animals animals animals ani ani- mals but theft of draft horses dairy cows and poultry have been found frequently Mr Smith said Compulsory registration of brands and strict brand inspections at all slaughter houses are two of the tools that stockmen hope to we wein use usein usein in combating this type of rust rustling ing To Strengthen Laws County lines Jines would would would-be be wiped out and ancl districts districts- based on geographic c Boundaries d ri S i wo Would ld be substituted It has been proposed to make jit illegal to transport cattle from one district to another without brand inspections by an officer of the department department department de de- de- de of agriculture or sheriffs' sheriffs offices Present statutes provide for brand registration but the law is not m mandatory man man- rl- rl and brand inspections should be obtained before moving toCK stock from one county to another Due to the complicated system created by county boundaries this has not been enforced the commissioner said F Federal d rI ral aid in solving the problem problem lem len ha suggested Introduction Introduction Introduction tion of of a law which would make it a federal offense to cross state boundaries with stolen animals willbe will willbe be undertaken in the next congressional congressional session Mr Smith said Weed Control A per head fee for inspection services or request of an outright appropriation from the legislature are the two methods being considered considered considered consid consid- ered for finan financing ing the state tio tion Livestock growers will consi consider l r which method will be followed when they meet at Salt Lake City c Two bills that would enable co continuation continuation con con- of the cooperative we weed d eradication program are being drafted by agricultural interests The bills which are only in ten tentative tc tentative ten ten- form call for an appropriation appropriation tion of for the next bIennium biennium bi- bi for the state department of agriculture to use in correlating the wide state-wide program and for an appropriation of for eliminating elim elim- mating weeds on state-owned state lands Similar measures Were were p passed by the last legislature but but the the ap appropriations appropriations appropriations ap- ap were for and and respectively Bangs Disease Drive Improvement of milk through supervision supervision supervision su su- su- su of producers setting up up of butter milk and cream standards standards stand stand- ards and an appropriation of for paying indemnities to farmers farmers farmers farm farm- ers for losses incurred from a campaign campaign campaign cam cam- against Bangs disease are other other othor oth oth- er or things that will likely be included d ed cd in agricultural legislation d dA A program similar to that c cop cop- p i ducted against tuberculosis in livestock livestock live live- stock has been started by the f federal fed federal fed fed- d' d eral government against Bangs disease disease disease dis dis- dis- dis ease Commissioner Smith said Animals having the disease are condemned condemned condemned con con- con con- and the owners receive in indemnity indemnity in- in payments but the fede federal l government requires states to raise part of the costs 7 It has been found undulant fe fever fever fever fe- fe ver is caused by drinking milk from cows having this disease diseases the commissioner said Poultry Standards Continuation of the campaign against disease in poultry which would require for the biennium biennium biennium bien- bien and amending of the sti stale food and drugs act to comply with changes in the federal laws ar arp being proposed tAU t- t All AU farm legislation before it fe ts is drafted into final form for presentation presen tation to the lawmakers will lJ be passed on by a correlation committee commit commit- tee of representatives from all ag agricultural agricultural ag- ag groups Mr Smith ex ex- |