Show Jt PUT OUT POISONED BAllS OF TALLOW Utah Commission Completes Plain For Giant War far on Coyotes and N Other Predatory Animals on Rouges flanges Plans for the great campaign for forthe tho the extermination of predatory ani ant animals animals mals In Utah by which about 1 rr worth of livestock will be saved to the farmers of or this state Ia LI L i. I- I I a year have b been en completed Thomas Redmond secretary 0 of the F tate Mate livestock commission conferred with members of or the grazers grazers' i associations in Sanpete Sevier and andl I w Garfield counties The associations t use the tho national forests forests for grazing and methods were de decided upon to rid the country of or coyotes cootes wolves wol and lynx x f George E. E Holman of the biological cal survey of the United States forest fort for for- est t service also attended the conferences confer confer- ces an and the stockmen promised their hearty cooperation in the campaign campaign campaign cam cam- which will be waged this winter winter winter win win- ter on the ranges b by the federal and unto tate bodies r According td to Mr Redmond the stockmen will furnish the carcasses of horse horsep to be placed at certain 1 points for attracting the predatory animals In the trails leading to and from the carcasses poison polson baits will willbe willbe be be distributed by men working under the state and federal departments 0 The baits will consist of tallow balls r which will contain strychnine The balls will be dipped in blood obtained from slaughter house and this will provide an added attraction to lure the predatory predator animals to their death In no case according to Mr Redmond Redmond Redmond Red Red- mond will It take longer than twenty twenty- five Ave minutes for death to ens ensue e a after the beasts have swallowed swallowed th the ball Great Saving to Stater State r After the coyotes and other predatory predatory predatory preda preda- tory animals have consumed the balls hunters employed by the state and federal departments will proceed to put out fresh baits and it Is believed ed that by next spring that Utah willbe will willbe willbe be free from the preying beasts Mr Holman has estimated that at least worth of or livestock Is destroyed every year In Utah by bythe bythe bythe the predatory animals but certain farmers believe that the total amounts nearer to In view of the large losses reported this se season son the farmers arc enthusiastically I ly aiding the federal and state bodies In the task of exterminating the predatory predatory predatory pred pred- atory animals Mr Redmond said sheep and cows would not eat tallow and therefore therefore therefore there there- fore they would not be poisoned by baits The only birds that would swallow the bait he be said are crows and magpies Dogs might swallow ow the baits but Mr Redmond thinks that f if p proper oper pr precautionary methods were taken they could be prevented from doing so However there willbe willbe will wll be only a few dogs in the s 's where the baits will be distributed distribute on account of or the fact that the baits will not be placed there until the stock have been removed removed removed re re- re- re moved to to winter ranges Mr Redmond Red Red- mend mond ond suggests that all dogs on the ranges should be bo muzzled 0 o |