Show LIVESTOCK LOSSES IN NATIONAL FORESTS an ali explanation of why the federal government is expending funds in the control of livestock diseases in the eradication 0 or poisonous plants from national forest ranges ind and in the extermination cz cf predatory an animals throughout the western states is given in some statistics recently compiled by the ogder office of the forest service during the fiscal year which ended june 30 0 1918 cattle ind and horses worth and sheep worth were lost through predatory animals disease poisonous plants and other miscellaneous causes within the national forests 0 the intermountain district the fact that this loss amounting to three quarters of a million dollars in a single year occurred upon grazing lands which are admittedly superior to those comprising the open public ranges gives some conception of the lazards attending the production of livestock ji ives t ac in th the west ivest predatory animals took the heavies ea t toll from the range flocks ind and herds killing cattle ind and li horses worth and 2113 sheep worth tle next most destructive tive kency agency bivs tile the poisonous which killed 2139 cattle ind and horses worth and sheep worth disease accounted for a loss of cattle and horses worth rs 0 sheep worth miscellaneous causes including lightning floods hogs etc account for tho the remaining 1407 cattle and dorces worth 70 and sheep worth 10 3 1 lightning was particularly destructive tive causing heavy losses due to tile the congestion of stock at points struck by lightning |