Show COUNT COUNTIS IS MADE OF JACKSON ELK Suggest est Pens for Calves Cal Would V Cut Winter Loss Nineteen thousand two hundred thirty-eight thirty head are In the Jack Jack- Jackson JackIon Jackson son Ion Hole Wyo fO elk herd accord- accord accordIng accordIng Ing tog to the census taken tal en by for tor- foresters foresters esters In charge there The Tho re report re- re report report port has been blen received In Ogden by R. R E. E Gery aery assistant district forester In iii charge of ot lands Because of o the unusually deep snow during the past winter It was felt there would be a large I I number of ot In the herd I rive Five hundred eight carcasses were wera I found by the rangers In taking the hc census and 99 per cent ot of them hem were ere calves This number numbers Is s considered cOI not very Cry large The census report explained that many of ot the elk died as the result of ot overeating on reaching good range after migrating from Isolated regions The Tho presence of a foxtail In some hay fed on an the range was also said to have ha been Injurious to the weakened ani ani- mals Only 49 41 of ot elk In the section of ot the Jackson Hole country coun coun- country country I try cared for tor by the biological survey perished during tho the win win- ter er ter The census report suggested that pens for calves similar to those employed by b the biological survey would minimize the losses in other sections |