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Show . FOREST SERVICE KEEPING TRACK OF STOCK LOSSES ON NATIONAL FORESTS Washingcon JuneIn the future the Forest Service will endeavor to obtain ob-tain complete reports as to the causes caus-es of aftl losses of live stock upon the National Forests. Forest guards and rangers hatvc been instructed to keep a strict account of all live stock found dead in their districts, reporting to the Forester at the end of each month the number found and listing the causes of death as far as possible under one of four heads accident, disease, poison, and wild -animals. It is believed tha such a record will be of great value to stockmen in as-sisting as-sisting them to figure up the percentage percent-age of their losses and materially aiding aid-ing them in preventing some of the losses through corrective measures. For instance, if an unusually large number of stock arc found dead in M same particular locality, due to pois- M on from dangerous plants, it will be M possible to meet this' condition by ' fencing up the area, or perhaps dig- ! ging up the poisonous plants. M If several animals arc found killed H by wild animals in some lone canyon, M the hunter employed for that purpose, H or the ranger himself can investigate H the matter and cither .trap, poison, or tH shoot the mountain lion or other pre- H dalory animal responsible for the H damage. The rangers -anul guards are H constantly riding over their disticts H in the Forests and have better oppor- H Utilities for finding dead live stock H than the sockmcn themselves', and H as each Forest ranger is supplicl M with the brands of all stock In his dis- M trict, he can generally identify the M stock by brand and marks and thus 1 advise the owners. H |