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Show I IDAHO'S STOCK ' . LOSSES.SUGHI Despite Severe Weather Damage Dam-age Much Greater Than in Previous Years In spite of the severe winter and spring weather, losses of sheep and livestock In the Malad, Ida,, district have not assumed greater proportions than in other years, according to Dr. P. E. Murray, district inspector of the United States bureau of animal industry, indus-try, with headquarters in Salt Lake, who, was an Ogden visitor today. Dr. Murray stopped here on the return tripfrom his Idaho tour to confer with John Felt, city dairy inspector. Dr. Murray said the past few days o warm and clear weather has accomplished ac-complished wonderful results on the Idaho sheep ranges and has cleared away any impending danger of further livestock losses. Spring grass has suddenly sud-denly sprung up from tho warmth and feed is now plentiful. Practically all of the Idaho aheep are now on the ranges, Dr. Murray declared. Dr. Murray brought to the dairy. interests in-terests of the Ogden district an excellent excel-lent message when he said that C. W. Larson, chief of the dairy division of tho United States bureau of animal Industry, In-dustry, was greatly surprised over the almost total absence of tuberculosis among cattlo in this locality. Mr. Lar-con Lar-con is now touring tho west studying dairy conditions. He is said to have declared this district in better condition condi-tion than any other in tho entire United Unit-ed States and coming from the eastern states whero tuberculosis Is so common com-mon among dairy herds, was surprised and pleased, over tho absence of the disease here. Mr. Felt will leave this afternoon for Salt Lake, where he will confer with Mr. Larson in regard to tho dairy campaign cam-paign which is now being carried on in the Ogden district by federal inspectors. |