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Show MANY SHEEP DYING FROM CHANGED DIET SALT LAKE. April 9 Dietetic disturbance dis-turbance was found to be the cause of death of a number qf sheep at Hurricane Hurri-cane afler diagnosis by Dr. R. W. Hog-gan. Hog-gan. state livestock inspector, and Dr. K N Mead of 1 ho bureau ol animal I industry The sheep had been brought I in off the range and their diet suddenly sudden-ly changed to alfalfa, causing ihe dis-j dis-j turbance and consequent death of 1 twenty-five animals and the illness of many others. P. C Jensen of Beaver reported yesterday yes-terday having lost about 100 sheep from what he thought was forage poisoning, poi-soning, but description of the circumstances circum-stances and conditions convinced Dr. Hoggan. he says, that dietetic disturbance distur-bance was the cause of the trouble also in this case Dr. Hoggan will, howeer. investigate personally the I death of seventeen horses and many I cows In Fineiy county, where poison -' ing is suspected. Yesterday the livestock board reco-mended reco-mended to the state board of examiners examin-ers that one-half the appraised valuation valua-tion of thirty -one head of cattle klll-ed klll-ed on account of tuberculosis be al- lowed. |