New-York tribune., 1912-01-21
H0ODWi.RING THE COYOTE
Texas Ranchman's New Way to
Kill This Pest CT the Plains.

| RavmoaGville TeS. Jan i'.-ASf any
! cowboy or ranchman In Southwest Texas
/ what Is the smar;ost animal in these mes.
quite wilds. and he win tell YOU the coyote
! Is entitled to trat distinction. 10 is at the
same time hated and abused as the Zoe OF
calf weaklngs and unprotected lambs and
kids The encroachment Of farming COM
mun.tlcs upon the former unbrokon ranch
region during the last few years does not
! seem To have lessened the number Of coy
otes. They howl around the new towns and
are menace to the henroosts Of the urban
householders.
How TO rid tho ranches of coyotes and
wolves has been ore Of the problems OF the
stockmen ever since the beginning OF ther
industry While they are trapped and sho'
! IN large numbers every year their cradica'
ton by those methods has long been given
I uu rs impossible. Great success has BEEN
| had recently upon the ranch % 9. +. I0r'
den. situated west ~ nero, in starr County,
| I'm neH method OF destroying these via
| animal pests. NJ. I.ovdcn cumo 20 TINS re-
! glon a few months ago from Southern
: Utah. where he was in the ranching busl'
ness for many years I'm connection WI"
! his cattle herds upon his Starr COUNTY
! ranch he put ,n flock of goats, more !"
! provide meat for his family and cmployes
/ than TO obtain a profit from them. Tie son
! faurd. however. that coyotes and wolves
carrying cm the kids and even
% goat occasionally. Ills Mexican
ranch hands told him that there was no
way Of killing the pests
why don't you poison them? MY LOT
den asked.
The Mexicans lifted their hands ana
shrugged their shoulders.
The coyote. him too smart to eat po'
son" they replied.
Mr. Lordcn had long made study OF 'i'
willy coyote and lobo wolf, and he reine"
bcyed the success of the plan he had ADOPT
ed for Kidding his Utah ranch OF the ahF
mails.
You hombres jlst watch me XIII U"
coyotes and wolves upon this place e
told the MeXicans.
So we'll established Is tho fact that thess
animals will NOT cat poisoned meat Vu..
placed upon the ground that this methou =,
killing them is seldom tried Neither WI"
they take meat from a trap unless oes-
pcretely hungry Although they are KNOW
20 he specially fond of tender Kid meat
is seldom that choice bit OF this ihors
will tempt them when Il has been polsohe''
Mr.. Lorden ordered that the fresh caI,Ss'
OF a kid be soaked I'm Paris green. ""''
this was done. he tied rope To IL 'nD,
tyin. one end to his saddle he dragged t''
kid through the chapar-al for several mies,
finally burying ii in the earth to dep'" :,
about two feet firmly tamping the srou''
over It. 1T.
More than one dead coyote VIII oe sVs'
tered around here tomorrow morning'
will miss my guess" he told the MeNioan
who had helped him bury the body Oh wv
kid -.
4 visit to the spot the next mornihs 10
veaIed nine dead coyotes and two "oN
since then more than Two hundred eoyo'0s
ord tbirty-odd wolves have been put out -
existence upon the Lorden ranch oy 'n''
ma,hod of poisoning them. Qtner raho",
men are adopting II, ana it is believed tls'
those wild animal pests VIII De eA''i
nated within the next few years III ''''
mart ~ the Texas ranch region =,
Mr. I.orden says that the coyote anu w. w.
aro very suspicious. and AT the same ~
tbav have more curiosity than almost s
otper animal. IL the poisoned meat 70 's
above ground they will not touch II. Inc,
,a,, zoe ~ and their curiosity Is therev'
so,Isaed But If the meat Is huries the ""'
animals will dig 1t up and feast upon :"