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Show M DAMAGE DONE BY WOLVES. H Ranchmen Suffer Heavily From Dep- H rcdatlcns of Animals. H Vernon Itnlley, of tho forest leservo H bureau at Washington, who has been H making an Investigation of tho ruv- H ogos of wolvos on tho ranches of tho H southwest, reports Unit In a certain B part of Now Mexico ho learned that a H moderate estimate of tho stock killed H by four wolves of which he got trace M was a yearling co" or a calf over) M three days, or approximately ino head H of cattle to each wolf. "Counting all M as calves," says Mr. llnlley, " at tho M low rato of $10 a head, each wolf M would at this rato cost tho ranchmen H 11,000 a year. This cstlmato of $4,000 B for tho four wolves leaves out of con- M aldoratlon Uio five to ton hungry off- H spring of each pair, which begin to m kill stock for themselves In tho fall M and continue to do so as long as they |