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Show LIVESTOCK LOSSES LOSS-ES ON INTER- I MOUNTAIN ! S FOREST ' I LossfK of llrestock fioiu dlseasu on tho national forests of tho Inter mountain district during 1!U0 iiin-OMnted iiin-OMnted to 2.S4ue!id of cattle, fire horsca and 1084 xheep. These flfiiiren couipMeil froinkit'iioitH of thn fnics. MupirvlHorn sliuw n dt'Cicani' In cnlilo ami horse loHfes at 11Q hcail and nf Increase of 5S0 head of sheep over tho 1!)18 flguies. Tho hearlest Indi-rldnal Indi-rldnal loss vnifu.tluil of SJMl head of sheep In the Hmnholdt forest In Nevada, Ne-vada, from Hlim)b,"K nnd snotty r.o"f. Volsnnous plant Idok a toll of 25SS vatlle, 27 hoisei .Hid C!1" sheep. SIlRhtly fewer cattle and Iioiwh wore thovlct,lin8 of polsonons plunts In ItilS.btitjjthii loss ainont! shetp iroiu tlil canje dnrhiK 1 f19 wtm veiy nuitorlaHyi reduced from that of 1918. I.avliHiinr i.i the plant which causes tho grcuti portion of this loss. Eradication of tlm 'aikRpur upon I He scale contempi . oil proved lmposslhlo last st.ieon. Jy fir : hick of r.len to nupervls-i tile work, partly because the nc.ircliy and hlp-i cost of labor prcvonted the iitocktnen from cooperating cxtcnlvely. Mow-ovoi. Mow-ovoi. larkspur wna eradicated- rr.Hii !lCn" fi"i-cH In the national fnnvis dfirliu: the year, making a total it 3C8H aces grubbed sIiicq tho rnrx I began at a cost of fi.5(l per acre. 1 Tho stockmen Have contributed about half tho expense. A resultati saving In cattle of $34,000 annually. Is estimated, on the basis of arerngn prevloiiK death loss and 11 valautlon of ISO per animal. From other and unknown caiis.'a tho foreil officials repoil losses dur-'ftif: dur-'ftif: .11- or 6ll'y! hoisrs. and 5,784 sheep. This represents a reduction from 1U1S losses of 1,000 cattlo and horses and neaily G Old sheep. Predatory animals destroyed II) cattle, C horses and li,4fi4 sheep on the liitormotintalu forests. In in 1.1 a total of 270 eattlle, ?. horses and 21,813 sheep wei reported destroyed by coyotes, bear, wolves and mountain moun-tain linns. Forest service olllelaix Mate. (Hat qullo sutlsfuetory pi'OKte.is In the campaign of predatory animal destruction hlch the biological surrey, sur-rey, the stockmen ami tho forest ser vice have consistently waged lH Jndl- .'' H caled hy the forest supervisor's' re- mM ports: but that In spite or Ids, pro- V 1 laotiyy animals still constitute one 11 of the worst enemies of the Inter- -, ' il mountain livestock Industry. nl 1 ! |