Ogden Daily Standard | 1918-03-08 | Page 12 | Goats to Aid the Foresters

GOATS TO AID - THE FORESTERS . SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., March 7. One thousand goats will aid in the forest for-est service this summer in keeping down the destruction by fire in tho Angeles National forest according to ;the actbig district forester. The ani-vmals ani-vmals will be turned loose in the fire breaks. Thesoaro trails 50 feet wide and 35 miles in length. It will be the duty of tho goats to keep theso eaten clear of undergrowth. It has cost tho government about $5000 a year to do this in the past. The herd of goats has been hired at the cost of their feed, which is nil, and ?20.