Show deplorable LOSSES the season of the year lias arrived when idan owning cattle and are seriously considering alic bucs lion of feed for alic winter it is of alic greatest importance hint they weigh hie subject with extreme care it 19 a difficult matter to form a cor roc regard ng alic seventy offic coning winter and it is a cruel things to undertake to keep animals without a of feed II 11 is often done tu the discredit and loss of those who do it it is far belter to fell some entile t a discount than to to carry alie winter and fail for want of feed the report of the department of agriculture shows some startling figures on the loss of cows oxen and oilier cattle in alie stales and territories alio number of such animals in idalo last acor was reported to be and out of these there were lost or nine per cent in utah the number tas placed at and were lost or four per cent in wyoming there were and lot or six per cent of licca in idaho end lost or leu percent in utah and lost or eight per cent in wyoming 53 1 and lost or five per cent the loss in value of cows exen and other cattle and sheep in the three territories named could tc safely estimated at SliGO OOOO ivsich is certainly to be deplored it will be noticed that the percentage of loss on cows oxen anil other cattle is lower in in the other territories nanni while on sheep it is lower in vi tho greatest loss is aln i to he in idaho losses occur from various causes diseases among ollices ollic rs but alio llio chief cause in the region discussed is starvation it is n terrible fact but loo true that animals depending upon inan for their food linvs been tn some instances aliened to it was deemed cheaper toa on alic kind of season than to provide forage to carry them through the winter to argue hint such a disregard for the condition of animals is morally arons is not necessary that it produces a great financial loss to the is evident from alie foregoing vow is the time to prepare for winter careful feeding should be the rule an intelligent investigation develops abc fact hint there is often a great waste in the early pirt of lc tt inter tim should be avoided to alic profit of elioso who take tlc alc trouble by savins everything about the farm in the shape of str w etc that can lie used for forage |