Show forest service notes st george utah feb 2 J T owens arrived here from kanah monday to trap cougar and other predatory animals on the dixie mr oft ens is a forest service hunter and his been employed for some time on the kaibab notional nit ional forest where he has killed cougars in the list few years col roosevelt and mr owens hunted together last summer and when the colonel returned home he sent mr oft ens a fine gun which he inzes very highly mr james T owens the forest service hunter who has had remarkable success in hunting and trapping mountain lion and other predatory animals on the kaibab and other forests has been assigned temporarily the dixie ho has the best pack of lion degain the west which have cost him considerable money and hard work in training them his success in hunting lions is due largely to his dogs and of course he values them greatly therefore in order to reduce the chances of his dogs being poisoned all stockmen stoc kmen and others are respectfully requested to refrain from putting out any poison for the next three or four months on any of the range within the utah division of the dixie national forest or within a radius of 15 miles surrounding it if any poisoned carcasses aro known it will be greatly appreciated if special efforts are made to burn them up or otherwise dispose of them so that mr owena can work his dogs freely vv without fear of them being poisoned A loss of one or more of his dogs would seriously cripple his pack and will lessen the chances of securing his services as a hunter in the future on this range mr owens has killed mountain lions besides a very large number of bob cats and chotei within the post few years he has killed over 75 per cent of all the lions killed by the forest service which ts a very strong recommendation for lne ability in this line of work and a strong plea for cooperation in eradicating all remains of poisoned carcasses by all the stockmen stoc kmen in the coultry courtry cour try dr C D marsh aho vho is now in the western states speaking before agricultural colleges on poisonous plants is of the opinion that the losses to stock men from poisoning arc greater glnn from any other cause dr marsh is in charge of poisonous plant investigation vesti gation of the bureau of plant industry and in cooperation with the forest sen ice has for several years been making a study of alie different poisonous plants their distribution relative toxicity symptoms and results of poisoning and remedies loco is reputed ta have caused as great los lo s as annually to the stockmen stoc kmen of colorado water hemlock and death carbas are even v 1 l more violently poisonous vet more rire although Altho URh more moderate in its effect larkspur because of its abundance and longer seasonal growth is considered more dangerous for cattle on the ranges alian any other plant dr marsh stites that sheep are not poisoned by alie larkspur and that horses although subject to its poisoning do not eat it readily the low larkspur grows generally about one foot and rarely two feet in height at elevations from to feet the tall larkspur is found at elevations of feet and higher and grows to a height of from four to sit feet and in montana and california as high as six breight feet the blossom is blue and spurred by which the plant 1 readily identified with alie leaf alone it is sometimes confused with aconite or wild geranium As preventives dr marsh recommends thit cattle be kept off from adeas where tall larkspur abounds until after the plant his blossomed when its properties except in the seed largely disappear the sin ill larkspur is poisonous however during the entire period of its existence he alo recommends that when it is necessary for cattle to pasa through such areas they first bo well filled up and then permitted to drift in small bunches instead of druen that small areas be aradi and larger ones killed out b frequent heavy the animal must eat a quantity equal to three per cent of its weight i 0 30 pounds by an animal weighing 1000 pounds in order to produce noticeable effect the symptoms are arched back lowered licad and staggering backward movements the animal falls and is unable immediately to rise it should then be placed with its head up hill that the stomach may pull away from the respiratory organs death usually resulting from asphyxiation or paralysis of the res pintora and constipation |