| Show Home Owners Battle to Save Shrubs From Foraging Deer Home owners on the bench lands around Salt Lake City have just about given up hope of saving their shrubs from the deer that nightly drift down for dinner The deer finding the usual forage forage forage for for- age in the mountains covered with deep snow are arc coming coming- down in greater numbers all the time and the tasty shrubs around the rest resi residences dences dence in m Federal Heights and the cast east bench are suffering suffering- The home owners say there Is little anyone can do about it Wrapping the shrubs helps little for the deer cat eat right through wrappings to get at the foliage It n is a wide state problem Reports Reports Reports Re Re- ports from Logan say that seven deer were on the L D S Stemple temple grounds Monday and a a. couple were seen at 2nd South and Main 1 st st. in Logan And farmers all over the state are reporting damage by the animals coming down to get something to eat eatA A shortage of hay because of the early severe winter has added to the problems The state fish and gan e department is attempting attempt attempt- ing to feed the deer in the most troublesome spots but is having trouble securing hay And the situation will become worse as stockmen will be needing all the hay they can get to feed their animals Game birds also have been hard hit by the deep snow and the hard winter but in m Salt Lake many home owners have been feeding quail for some time in m their backyards back backyards yards to relieve the situation somewhat The fish and game department department de de- department has been feeding pheasants pheasants pheasants pheas pheas- ants for some time reporting that two tons of grain gram have been used in Utah county alone Wardens have been authorized in many problem areas to kill the troublesome deer but the fish and game officials have warned private vate citizens that they cannot kill deep without a special permit Bench lands like those around Salt Lake City have been the winter inter feeding grounds for deer for years and the increase in m housing housing hous hous- ing has cut down their area Hence the damage to the shrubs has become become become be be- come more severe each winter and with the heavy snow and ex extreme extreme extreme ex- ex cold of this winter the problem problem lem is especially acute I rI b i r y p Y f J j yf b JA t X r W M r 4 y i. i R Rs frs 4 s 5 6 p pr r rr y r f i r i y H 4 J o at rt Y r a y V mB w th thi Hit i v i Ii I i 4 r 4 y w. w r JIa t y r s a 1 t j v 5 5 5 TrIbune Telegram Photo Photo Deer Have Ruined This Shrub Mrs Charles A A. Boynton onton Jr points out where deer eleer ha e eaten farup farup far farup up on a tree in a yard vard ard in the n avenues in the north of Salt Lake City |
