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Show were (li:-:t riblited around r.-.ell of the stations. Excellent, results an-; expected from the work this fall. j For some reason cr another, tin.' Manti forest has secure d quite a rep- utation as a deer country. Hunters from all parts of the stale have visited vis-ited the Manti during the first days of the open season. Owing to the absence of snow, the first day's hunting hunt-ing was somewhat disappointing. However, the average number of bucks will no doubt be slaughtered this season due to the increased number num-ber of .hunters visiting the forest. Special rules have been approved for the Emery Stoekraisers' association associa-tion which provide that permittees must place one bull on the range for each thirty head cf permitted female fe-male cattle. It provides also that beginning w ith the grazing-season of 1922 and thereafter,' that all cattle entering the Emery division of the Manti forest "IS months of age and older must be dehorned before being be-ing turned cn the range. Forest Service News Seventeen cars of lambs were shipped from Manti on October 12. These lambs went to Malad, Ida., at 6c for ewe lambs and 5c for the wethers. Their average weight was 65 pounds per head, which is a trifle lighter than the average weight a year ago. j In a recent Issue of the Manti News Notes it was erroneously stated stat-ed that three men and thirty-five head of sheep were to be poisoned and left for the coyotes on the range east of Ephraim. Mr. Hill, one of the men having the work in charge, called at the supervisor's office on October 19 and advised that only the sheep were poisoned. He reportea also that 10,000 small baits were scattered over the sheep range In District No. 3. Approximately 100 capsu'es containing strychnine were placed in each carcass and several stations were made from each carcass. car-cass. The remainder of the baits |