Show GUARD GAME ANIMALS IN THE NATIONAL FORESTS forest service workers R report increase in nu number nub b W washington more than head ead of big game animals make their home in uncle sam a national for sta announces the forest erlee of the united states department of As af culture which has haa jut just the of a count r t made do in 1 1124 compared wah ich the ili previous year the 1924 fil res represent rep besent an increase of r bout about wei head after flue due allowance 11 1 Is made ad lor far head ot of bear which were not included in estimates of for far orse mer years year I 1 rest orest service explain that tills his increase may be ird by the 1 fact I that he 1924 waa use a very dry year advery resulting 1 in A an ia unusual concentration of around vat watering ering places piece which enabled the forest rangers to in make closer estimates IS hunn only animals nag A national thin 1 forest ranges are in hided no account bring being taken taen of a aal it mals in als which graze grale on adjacent federal I 1 lands do or on privately owned areas deer dee represent the vast boat bulk built of a the garm game mal animals with a total of compared with in ld the five states credited with th the largest number of der deer are in order C Ali fool oregon montana idaho and arizona alasha alain la 1 credited with about ili the asam number head bead as the last at two tire in the 1924 estimates estimate bears bear 1 were l 1 in eluded no ua game rather preda pred tory holy animals the figures flu eres sho showing 4 44 head of this total hii bew wew or of ties the black and brown varieties 6 5 fis COO being gri iles nearly all eriv z listed filled were found in alaska moore tj 1 8 the only state in which the lie forest rangers were able to find toor more than a scattering few of this bent bear uk have abrath more than 2600 lead head being list listed d to for 1124 compared alth tb 49 WO hoa in in the teton no na I 1 ional I 1 far foreit sir border bort lenng the its yell yellowstone w t park the herd bord has bun shown a notable I 1 7 th the number ber of at moose lauser I 1 in th 1024 how a loss lois only f head heing being bbown how compared with 1000 b WO 1 in 1921 it Is or ex this dlf differ ferente enne may be attributed ore it in large part to more mom accurate ea timateo the number of mountain goats goals Is riven given as aa old and IT a slight alight increase of 0 but faseas are am to be found only jy 1 in p protected harde antelope or are belll in a very unsatisfactory in condition ad to tha ph 1924 count a shown hows only a few war more than G of thene then in most at of 1 which at are in P arigona and ad idaho |