Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-12-20

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Then we hAo ~ wild cat. last ana
least amonR aI animal plaques,
He fesdn lar4a1F upon lambs ana
poultry If,a AnninaI toll n snormoual
! fined 10 the tfsr species Of mi.
mails. Wild oats arc very common
all over the WtEfHfn country, and al
one OF them t30uires TO seiece hlHl
reaideaee & 90 available supply o.
poultry OF efe&,f sock AZ iamhinE
time nearly every Hockmaster pats .
heavy tribute 10 TIE Wild cat and
canap 4 vlaltee aEA one or two nanaba
tAken 20 enricb The cats laTdef. The
Iahoepman. howHFnR Ia not the great
eat sufferer from Wild cats, for the
poultry Faiser ~ the nEgroEate meets
| With greater iges Chickens, turkeyss
the Wild cate rallons In fact u VI
habit OF the wild cat 20 scout
about until he locates a well-ntockoc
hen house. Near this no camps and
every day when the chickens waAfOc
In the fields he WallieB forth and co.
lects one or two, according to hts
needs. Unllke shs coyote ana wolf.
takes Just sufsaclsnt to keep hia body
or two q day soon thlns the nDck.
| and the houoaWito In desperation
gives up the poultry business Last
fall while riding along IA road N Ida
no l saw wlld cat undec 9 bridge
SSaso ana IsT soS so LADY OV %S. S sSs
seeE. sts told me that something
had taReu twenky-One young turkeys
| In the past two weeks, THIS was
| Justly Blamed ON the Wild cat. I'VE OF
which were later killed near tho
same bridge.
While OF course tho farmer and
atockman'a loss from these predatory
animals u the Greater and Of mere
concern 10 the state, yot those VINO
have an Interest IN conserving and
/ protecting our WILD game find IN these
predatory animals the greatest mem
ace toward their increase. Wolves
and coybtea prey upon deer and ok
and probably slaughter more than all
the hunters. Thon the coyote is par
whero the prairie chicken and the
grouse are apt 20 make their nests
He knows also that In the swamp
along some stream viii be found tho
/ welI-Htocked nest OF the wild duck.
At certain seasons of tho year che
makes a business OF searching out
and consuming these eggs. we ire.
II
not breed moro In this western coun.
try, but the reason is the coyote, The
man having an interest in tho propa-
Ration Of game should he the fist TO
demand the assistance OF the state
In destroying predatory Wild AMI
mails.
Thus Il goes, the farmer and stock
man labor 'ffopn karly, SaePn unth late
at night Gazing for their herds ana
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Wild animals that long since should
have been destroyed. But you ask.
BY whom should they have been dc"
Btroyed2 BY the only power that can
destroy them--the state and federal
Eovetnmeht. The public must ro-
member That 90 per cent OF our
wolves, coyotes and wild cats have
their breeding places on lands owned
J and controlled either by the state or
II federal government. These animals
do not breed on the farms and ranch
! cs. They only come there 10 com
, nit their crimes. Somewhere In the
mountains or on the range that has
not yet been taken up, and much OF
which Ia withdrawn from settlement
forever. will be found the breeding
, places OF these plaques. IL these de-
structiVe animals are ever TO be Grad.
. lcatcd the attack must be- directed
4 toward these breeding places, ana
. this can OnIy beN done by the state
! paying bounty TO anyone who VIII
! should be supplemented by fedora
bounty and the national government
now has under confederation a fed
; era! bounty law by which they vii
= | assist the states In the Eradication O
these animals. providing the state II
! willing to pay bounty too.
The stockman asyne can neve
handle this question. He has alread,
2 contributed his full share toward II
cattle and sheep nnaociati0ng hav'
|. bean paying from their own funds
bounty on Wild animals, 10 some IN
J stances these local bounties hav
amounted to $50 for a wolf ana 3
! tor a coyote. In enaiticn 10 ti1ts
many Htockmen eiagleg hunters 2
I forts help immensely the at0okmei
Z cannot destroy these animals 30 lon
\ las the federal ana atAte government
permit them 10 breed on their landi
, Anyway, predatory animals are mi
gratOry IN character. and while tn
4 stoekmar may destroy them in on
= portion the loss u fzseds up by add
flone from another portion. THU
, III they arc to be effectively remove
there must DO BROAD ccngerted aetio
= behind which rests q state bounty.
nj Money that atatt spends IN WI
Y ImnimaI bountles u soon returned I
y its treasury IN the form OF increase
taxes through Increased livestock pre-
g ductlon. and In a InoED rapid deye
opment Of the raa0ligoaa Of the stat
YtAll OF our western olRten are invltln
n IhOmesteadGFg 10 take 40 their vast
lands, but with tha lnttaatlon Shout
" 20 an agreement 20 aHgiet these hon
4 builders IN protectinR their stDc
laRalnHt the rRvages III predatory an
y mails that arc produeea on the state
domain. AZ
We are all compl4tnlnR about n
) 1 high cost of living bat few has
IeiOpped 90 oOngi6GE the incr0aae
y I0oat accustomed ~ fhape wild an
Imnls eggs and DneItFy aell II pr
n hihltlVa prices n as west, whic
y prices are largely dN4 % she tnToa'
made on our pol,If III pqfptg ~
p Awitn cat TaIfo ans OK f1o heik
= keaIf killed ~ q 0oF kIsa 80 n
Ysimfnnnse ecOn0anio Ht lAib call
= snOlheg having ne3I ANA D.
Rharsef durlna th4 e7 W. t01|la4 /
b tIn ths fali az ana sI| N41 AZ a
nnateRn market flH 4NI NFi|
tse state o. bts ~ fN
ANhe calf that WAC III 4IlouIH Ne|
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