Show AJ AIDING DING STOCKMEN forest service keeping track of stock losses on national forests washington in the future the forest service will on endeavor deavor to obtain min complete reports os as to the causes of all losses of livestock upon the national forests forest guards and rangers have been instructed to keep a strict account of all livestock found dead in their dist districts distillers illets reporting to the foresters at the end of each month the number found and listing the cause of death as aa far as possible under ono one of four heads accident dise disease asp poison and wild animals it la Is believed that such a record will bo be of great balut to bo stockmen stoc stoel kmen mien in assisting them to figure up the percentage of kheir losses and mate materially eally aiding them in preventing some of the losses through corrective meas jeaa ures for instance it if an unusually largo large number of stock aro are found dead in some peculiar locality due to poison from dan dangerous gemus plants it will ati 1 1 be possible to meet this condition by fencing up the area or perhaps digging up tip the poisonous plants |