Show I I L c I llie e Co C te P i s or Beneficial ial I By Claude T Barnes Barncs M S Si I 1 I th h W Mt t toW th i nt to t hll nII fl pIpit f 1 I lit III I Il In Ih Ih mini th thIp wh Itt flU t I IE 1 I Aft kJ thi In h IIII fr fron 9 lot t th lilt it II I ii iii I If s a 11 hj f I n 1 t tl 11 j hi hil f l 11 t r f t IlI t I I t J 11 s hil ii I I ikI I I 4 I II I titi nt h n p I 0 I If th lb I I Ith th 1 i r I i II h 1 1 I w II 1 th Ih t l pr h hIn In Ih u I I IIi h 1111 k h i S Ital t S g 1 01 nd I t I f I I 1 I Ii r h II i Mx in f i nU 14 ni I 0 Ir I Iy I y 1 1111 i ii ll p Ib I It I t It II l I 1 Ih I h h 1 Po d IIII II Ih i Iti pi 0 II th Ih 1 II ylI fr th Ih M 11 r 1 ta Ii I 1 t I l I I t tIl i Il Ii 10 ii I 1 I i I Ith th I Id i 01 l II I I I I II I II I I I l II I i l nn I h laII IS nI r Ii hh hi 11 Ity I Ia Ia a r Ilk thai If f fj j Io Ii s I nd Io huh bushY 1111 T Ti I II p hg I k ML Ih Ibis tin tinI f I I r Ih or And nd Ih Is III m 1 I Imd yote r i iI I I hy by t th h 4 t I hn t a n I n ar nn nfl dl at all Lake The Tte 1 hi lIry Irr riy with tin tIns nt nr UI tb Id n nd 1 8 and with n th lIP hulder back Th tInt lint vans HI being n nt r th mM of It I h th 1 1 of the It 1 th t Ift marks rk Mild oi o each lUh IU R t I Fill ol 1 j M fl mill tm nh 01 wai Uk Cf nl III Ina C I 1 VM JI U I linly At 1 4 Wi Oler S Juan 4 01 II 1 C i w Ler C Mer C 1111 From th Ih Lh It I sti u that 8 Hr In on ni III 1 ver II a vt vit In tt at they ar knon to rr 1 lIy to lb Ih and from mm CoM It RIci to un on the north Thre ar an Ight In the United Ita hut hili aM Ih 1 t mr nt yet 11 known to 10 tott ten tenI tt It wp I to th thi i I ty Are all imn m forma Ilk I thI hIng arr and andI t arm moro mor harmful to cattle n ur th mailer 1 anI and nd I their tu to rabbIts und and TilE frAK In Itah tal and till tim Hla Ih thore I 1 wat land thre al o g III Ii th o living it hIi hi livelihood not I by and thu tha fero Ity that eru at ata ata a blow nor U b II that and nd and IIII finally II 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thu thui h I si r I ui IT I il h hi P 1111 nIu h 1 I d dull I f r f I ta i ia a I 1 html hilt el e oi I mu iu g h hu In InI u 1111 I Pu h u Pm i th Itu thIh thu Ih u too u n I III U Ut II t 1 u 1 tutu I Ii pul n It III ru 11 An hi I mu 11 or r It of hig mIK A 01 S ilee a I I Pm j 1 uI buffalo nl 1 It II I oa Ido that thAI I 1 kin w aut In II thou i h I h ss Ift rc mo numerous I than hn th Iv Jt Al Tb t bu I Ic 11 th horn for fr mt moM of lb Ih Ind h hereabout but II IC lock null ar are cx J h ha I eed 01 bed Uno t with lIh tall gr afford hiding placa ade rabbit In a as nt Lit Vernal nI prairie dog a aa arm I a all and h lTHa on and Though tUlita a ar Paid Id n nu In III the nUI tam jut r lb I lit III anti roust n or 01 later Lw 1 I In Im It if thu th lIon of e tho 0 1 be de md Ad adV V Ph h habIts ur Ih thu I R 1111 itt I I tu u Th Thuy Inh all cli uns froli to Boreal through th the tion th tipper er and lower lor and I the J I part ot or t th tropical In Inthe th the the mountain specIes 1 I wander lUIder abo above Ye the timber line 1 i ver readily dlly drive them lot time the valley Ue One ODe ot of favorita haunts In III title I Is the lake Iak Salt Lak and Ogden where summer and nd winter their and can fl be Iward hd In the night The They sUnk awaY holes and d bottom thu th day hut Ut at after afler tUnI and lIot bet before un aun rise thet howling Is and One ty t t an aD give th tb of f a dosen and IV oral join In the concert I and rl N t I breed once a Y yest Ih Ihme the me meting ling mt hH In January lb the or of like that of lie genus cattle alii I Ii about iE GI dM The a are burn bum In dens den hid uro enlarged badger hI stream or am aloofly ng the rock roela of the I on lime found a coyote den In inthe I the middle of It 1 fIeld Jut Just o of L Layton the hole bole warn wa about gt f feet l king ng with two openings at no point waa u It Ie far beneath th n thu Seven little coyotes we were lu in it Il and alter after th scare ft they M quite playful until growth brought untamable Instinct The young aUn tour to nine RAIl nod In rare nue cu one mo more They pia about den during June delet It In July and b by t the or of Augut hift It for In thia region lIon I if the den i pIa 1 Q away IVA mum I the track ot or man maim the hlO hay It emry ah chance to reach maturity all aa there ao few SW animals about would a c x X I a XE E I J i t I t of i if i ith f th I y f yf r If r r rI I I 4 bs I III t u 5 C C Cv CI I v r I I 1 t I IX X s 1 t t I 1 I t 5 I II I 1 a V C 11 k t f f fr r 1 f 1 C CI rJ I I p d dx i I IX X x 1 r X H Photo Iy by A K ISHMAEL OP OF THE TUE DESERT I I I I 1 i t I I I 0 meal mealAR AR LOse Though Lewis anti lark Clark k Say Rich rd And that the hunted mo I In packs Ih Ihn these days n they 11 tte lIe seen n usually singly or orn orn n IIII In th the lay Um time and aM In nurn num hers r together mostly only at At however when running down don a aI thor r or nr antelope Ii a peek mil apr appear and on OD rare newMon All aa litany all se Ih three mR may engage I in t the capture or of a rabbit are how however ever er th the E llon not thEt rule The tood of the COyote II i m mutes varied than one would suppose Of course animal matter constitutes tile thu l lIart of oC It fare but bul this I hi varied with earn and fruit froll In the desert lands land ot of Utah where whre mere er eJr Is a fight from the atari lort the coyote Ia glad to 1 your our that h he can get lIel In hi lila jaws lie likes rabbit meal but the desert are aNI hungry lie occasionally snuffs the lIeno ot of a birds bird nest In th the parching desert ad hut when noth nothing ling ing bellr an I lu haul haI h he upon a lizard he lull gulps down while It still 1111 wriggles lie will even t lit I fruit or of prickly 1 Pears und and or stand tand on hla hia hind hindI I and gather choke hoke cherries and lie Jle ba gaunt loath leath pry ry almot hi his hair up UI In stiff atilt and he looks dut dusty sandy worn awn lie skulks along Ii arm his white while teeth In the desert air 1 ac much nt at home II 14 the toad tood which he ATS FRUIT So 80 mitch for the coyote In the desert which after all I am Inclined to believe bellee I is the tho true truo haunt ot of our shaggy prow prowler ler In the more C fertile vaLleys vallen ot of Utah the coyote coole A bettor tasla and enjoys It a more tars are 1108 he is III not forced to live on juni per par manzanitas and prickly pe pear though he sometimes doe eat peaches hee apricots grapes and other fruits I Ue lie Is III not a vegetarian for 11 he partakes greedily o of almost any allY kind of animal rood food the variety rang inK from anti till to Ash and crustaceans ru n le says that In III Ina a fair fight the coyote will kill It a rattle rattlesnake snake nak by IL a feint faint and t a sudden at the throat During Durin August he mutt muSt devour hun 4 f Mountain locusts nuI for Cor In Utah Int most t ot of Ot the and nd some mammals Ih live Oh them Ihm at this time It if John or of an n dent da days ate ale locusts and wild honey with a l It I is not to upp that hat II a mere merl coyote th these e elay days lay to will devour the pers are toasted brown on dry lucerne lucern stocks The remains of a arMe large we 01 found by Vernon In Ina Ina a coyotes stomach and In Ing of oC tunis In hi his ia of North America tells lella or of th the coy oy tot eating lie It aas Time The wolf olf as IL a ot of star lar nd and poverty I 1 perhaps un unequaled equaled as aa is hi indicated b by the I ter of It its I Increment II thi MOW that II the animal l Lit at some ome seasons In Ime some localities Cor forced to Iv upon I lime II cactus letu fruit and grasshoppers an another other tater matter oven more and more these and which mouNt mURt b be ax ite little palatable to toI toha I ha natural 1 a the thorns that enCe encee II ia it fo food al us to 10 IU Its PARTIAL T TO coyote often otten searches tl the shores hort ot of slough and ponds for Cor amal small crabs and crustaceans Ind anti h et eats the th fish which ar are rn run onto our fed fields hy by Irrigating canals with detective That Thai the coyote hW has 1 many b habits lu Is a fact acon granted b by thol those Wilt who have given I Ito food an any ap special lal attention It at al In Utah Ulah w ve are troubled wih with of oC white taie tailed Jak jai rabbit ear campea pe trU trio whIch oppress t the In some districts to 10 cUd extent that work becomes and farm arm farming ing a burden The Coyote Is te the goUs toe foe 1 aim many R aj a hundred ot of thor thorn bellg In IlS his annual laro fare CHAl CRAFTY Nothing hi his beter better than the method hl he In op cop turing a Two or three ot of them together trot along until 0 ft rabbit la Is sighted when one ot of them theme e starts at Cul full speed In The ohr two sk seek some knoll o or poInt from which the watch the put hILA And learn the guEral la ot of time hil big cirle In which th the rabbi rabbit I Its bund bound to run One On of them oft olt to teN It on It lake up the ch chase while Ut the coyote rel The ne race ge goes on each coyote coote taking laking part until the exhausted rabbit Ip km taken Te The ot coyotes gather and to lu their habit have hao no discord In sharing equally the mel Sometimes onlY tO tao accomplish th the task tak or of capturing a bunny yet et I have liever hear heard ot of tine larger animals the smaller maller toni enjoying a Portion o of the A coyote COot catches 1 it b by lying in III of at g grasp or behind near 1 regular run and log Ing Ipen It i It saunters b by and a as lyole re usually lone alone this Is II by far the mot most fruent frequent method ot of Ce The Id good the coyote does b by ring O on t these rent rodents la I inestimable III hi tot Hot men mell who are mOt moot familiar wih with on con diLlon In the we west attribute the tIance o of jack c rabbits to the It tk destruction ot of coyotes s THE DOG DOGOn On the way to Vernal Uintah county I happened upon many prairie dOI dog towns the little Inhabitants being 1 so tame that at Um time the driver one with bia whip Many Many wid wild and coyotes gad gaze ut us Crom coin distant fat flats amI the Interesting subject ot of the Ute life ot of thee these praire prairie dogs beame became the topic tople ot of conver conversation I aton I WB was informed that some sometimes me times the coyote one by captures ly I hiding behind a clump ot of or wee ot of ga grass some little distance I from the burrow When en the I dog In uNIt fr enough a few lew bound bounds elbl I the tot to Ih It II th these The vegetation toW I II I its invariably abort bott UtI the on only being a h here and th there t ted to 10 grew W W to Is maturity on the dirt At the of 01 8 burrow Tt I Oe t ate hOr hots nettles 1111 a t Arel ArelO mar marM or O M o Ill an ot ar r hll ne al shade o without ruttIng I the I VIew Iw All oler other words 0 unit nI 11 are tiit lt to the ground AnI I emil I that Ih the dote 1 H I Iton ton I It th the eed d oom M en enthat I that thai they a are to I hm down J 1 If H Grant Orant tel tin how u ii t Ci 1 I ta toted 1 ii Prairie PM dl dog a follow a aThe The Th coyote Marteil at on 1 Ir uC tM the town and I ran at al lightning speed d II Iii a straight 11 line until lie cut of off on one fm ruin It its burrow When the prairie dor dog saw w that I it could not gt get to IU Ita hole It tot Rd and bean n to tt kir kick until the It anti killed It In very coyote caught All I eYt It rat the Ite F that a dog ki kills 1 a arat ENl The coyote Is II t to ett besides h rabbits and prairie dogs dog the following nI Pocket mice thus pocket ies M Marmota Iund ground suir r rl mete and wood rats mt rate and Ind and rc mien rt rats Ins The py prey upon thOo those mammals Is II not ot of occurrence but lasts throughout the your ea Th The resulting benefit to tIm th Ort veR vies wih wIth that bestowed by the Ibe Swain Swainson ln son hawk anti other birds mammals and an GIRAT H The Is III ao also l ftc a lt sony eager Deceased cattle caUle that succumb egor by the In the outlying districts antI and ded dead catte cattle tha that at are out ot of town ar are stripped bone In Iii I a engle single night thus making the lingering stench I have I seen n a peck k or of them It a su slaughter house regularly Iah each night to deur devour every scrap ot of refuse that th the magpies 1101 wore were unable to ct carry off olt In the d day thus prowling and quarreling In the moonlight ht they thoy are fine ahot allots for Or a a rifle riOe and It I I an tt that when one Ia 18 time the other others If hungry wi return to Mt eat hll Such an tat fact showe hoW how nearly the coyote U the hy by ean eana one olle ot of the lowest ot of natures scavengers Not ot always is II the cot coyote 1 en p praise praiseworthy worthy worth in III I Its habits for tor a at times I it nol only doMestic bt but al also wid wild animals which assist man In l lila warfare artara against IlI insects t an and rodent pU pests Among them Ire arc weasels ad and skunks though few tew people wi will regret th the 10 lees of ehor as She may fling sometimes be Skunks Skunk ki kill chik chiken chick chickens en ens a as wel well as destructive rodents PATROL PI VOlt IA LAMI IE DUCKS W CotO coyotes do destroy game Our quail which run about iii the brush on the ha hillsides ar are ki killed b by the wholesale by them while g grouse and wid wild ducks duck ar are cp cap captured 01 on the Ift neat both birds bird and egg eggs I being nr gobbled d With a relish make make In tart fd a regular patrol along th the sho shore ot of Grat Great Salt t lake lak where duck shooting Is i go good there to capture and ut eat wounded birds I In some parts of oC the wet west they tur ture antelope ad and deer In exactly the Mi seine manlier that they chast chase com down 1 a rabbit Th The groat rt scarcity rl ot of t these I gives little opportunity rO tot such chases Ild and the then It I is iUM much r rI to worry ml cw COW her br cl calf lr Eret Ingersoll In the Popular I Soen Senco Monthly t tells ls ho lion a cole coyote a take tacked a doe doo and h her 1 fawn I 1 I 1 as kw 1 al t I 1 I to he flights I I JIm Jh V I In lh run round I lodge 1 of a J I U I Ih the mek k w was th hum U Ue hor horI I if ft tM v end I ut u i 1 I II IS I 1111 tier lying lt iii Ih t he hII nt d doe Ind and th tour four wi 0 I In I the The fall or it the tho I or view itt t but bUl 1 lit I I III sIght r f him I Ii o r u 11 Ii ito a timi h he rt ra S I II d I c In lug ny Ih n I 1111 lull nl i t itu It rt perti jy cl dun t I le Irol hum I u u I of n making U a dh dash I t I I lor left to I get at th thum fa fawn n hut hUI lh the bl brave Itt moth wI 1 I would lItt to hi hint h head and mA make a dRI dash iii I hr ku with Mr her i wih sharp harp rOn tore u but I run fancy C that thAI the lilS I longer breath and amid varied nu In I th thit daJ dy at l last Man Many y n al au In th Ih ii L esrig plo pioneers oot coyotes hI fed t young |