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

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may wssssfn statss are aheus 10
meet. assgss g - good tluss 70 sag
q word relative 10 wild anInnai bountr
lava the bnhilc. o. that portlOb ~
q that iiven n the Asfios, u gupe6nl-
81 miaihforfnsd q r. tho need ana 5na-
aire 81 wild Aninta houniies. afld 81
4 result OF tizia uiiNluformatlon many
nsAnia Onnonn thnrn laws. even when
gnnh laws are aleiincfly IN thelf own
interest. conservative estimate
places the annslnl loss OF cattle.
hoFsas, sheep. swine and poultry in
the United esals from predatory
wlla aniuAls O. siS.eee;o00 Untor.
tnnatSiy for the Weaa, 80 per cent OF
the Missouri river, and not less taan
sto,eo0. oe0 az ,fbia salls on what u
known a. ti1o reiqten western range
statesf Therefore each Of thess
states 81 sustaining an annual loss
from denredali6n Of wild animals Of
very close 10 eI.bse,0Oo. Such loss OF
course Il q eerinus drain upon the
economic faFeee % these states, and
falls with psTticnlar severity upon
them beceige taoy are as yet but
spaFssly settled.
The greatest Offenders among thesa
wild anlul4ls eFs the coyote. wolf.
wild cat NAMED in about the order Of
their importance. Fhe coyote ana
Wild cat dispias q particular fondneas
for ahoep, calves and poultry, while
the wolf dSvotea most OF his attention
20 colts and young cattle. giving VAR
iety 20 his mean ny occasionally con.
Stunning a wandering sheep or hog.
Coyotes seldom trotble cattle over q
few weeks OF age. but the first two or
three weeks OF the range calfB life II
made extremely hazardous by the
pFowiing coyote who makes the attack
either nlnRiy OF In pairs. In early
yeRFs the cattl0man did not pay much
attention to the coyote, but during the
last decade they have come to recog-
niEe this pest AS particularly destruc-
tive because OF the enormous loss OF
young calves occasionally by H.
The range COW Inherited the desire
to be alone when its young is horn,
and In response to this inBtlnct the
calf Ia generally born In some seclud-
ed canyon or clump OF bushes. Here
the calf IL kept for the frat few days
OF It's life which. like the young of all
apecies. are generally spent In Eieep,
Now all OF the mothers time cannot
be spent watching the calf, for food
she must have. Therefore accordine
10 her nature she hides the calf and
ebsentn herself for n considerable
time IN search of grass. The coyote
" wise. wiser In the ways Of nature
than any Of our dQEaeeklc animals. Ht
hqa hean made Wts8 Daenuse nature
sntandad that ne ghpula jmGhe hjg Nv.
ing BIZ alaallnG Ne undorgtnndH ff0i
well this SOLITARY Instinct Of the COW
and has prObokly been Watching from
a neishborin6 niIissde the mother aud
her new.eorn. Therefore when The
COW leaves ro- food and the ooyots
feels she n at a safe distance M
makes q rush upon the unprotected
casg and with little struggle ends ~
life. Here ne fehats upon the tendei
meat until his immediate wants arr
fully satisfied, when no has advances
the price Of meat 70 all the people. n,
has secured ID at low cost. TIM
scene N repeated thousands OF umel
each spring IN all the range country
and is the chief cause OF the numbers
OF calfleas cows so commonly found
at the spring roundup.
However, great may be the cattle
mans loss, Il Is the lot or the sheep
man and poultry raiser to furnish tn
| coyote with most OF his ratlOnS. start
iug with the Landing season hhe coy
ots follows the footprints OF the sheet
over hill and dale and goes into win
ter quarters within killing distance Q
the band. Spring may ind him littil
| thin. but the diet OF newborn lamb
soon covers his ribs With n layer o
| fat. At lamblng time the ewes ant
lambs are split up into little band
/ IN hatVsean. The latest move IN Ona .
l the most important moves made b.
| the Santa Fe In years and will meal
1 millions If dollars spent In Improve
rnnuaA and AnunInnnnnnl In nntilh a.