The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1921-09-18

NHFhfNA A"HN VI ~ WIN " wv
production or wool. beef. mutton and
rork IN steadily increasing from year
u year. Ranchcrs and stockmen
Pc manifesting a growing apprccln-
or the advantages afforded by
government posturaKc. And In The
<nme degree. thoy are all TO fr.duent-
~ neglectnE their livestock after u
turned out ON the mountain
hinges. state officials OF the United
fiateH department OF agriculture.
IN all open ranges ihtre are many
tosscs from predatory animal. poe
fonous plants. disease All accidents
aud similar dangers Unless owners
pf livestock campaign in,cliigcntiy
ahd perseveringiy against such
fources OF disaster. their herds and
Hooks usually suffer a mortality OF
from five to six per cent yearly. To
illustrate, ~ ranchmnn graE.d zoo
Bead Of cattle last summer on a ma
tional forest without q herd.r. ~
In result he lost n dozen mead OF
.ftesrs worth $50 each.
. Mortality High Last Year
& Inst ycar In forest district z. which
a Includes California and weAtern
Nevada. the total livestock mortality
d. ~ forests amounted to l.tbi cat
tie, five horses and $50 sheep. The
iotal nuisbef Of permitte.s who used
fhe federal grazing lands aggregated
y. 32s. They grazed 2a4.fi5 cattle and
horses. $4,000 sheep and goats and
b 800 hogs on the forest ranges. I'VE
hundred aud Heventy-fiNe cattle died
pf dis"ns. 1893 cattle AMI Lac sheep
wern killed by eating poisonous
1lants; Of cattle. five horses and
~ 74b sheep were Killed by predatory
nnimals. and $50 cattle and i.6sa
tsheep ~sucCumbed To accidents and
miscellaneous causes Of death.
This matter Of livestock LOSSES IN
h. government ranges has become
{ such Importance that the United
States forest service made a detailed
Furvoy Of the specific causes OF NOR
Itality among the livestock In the
Stnuislaus forest of California dur
inE q recent year. During the period
under discussion d total OF SSi head
Of livestock O of the 10000 animals
pastur-d In the forest lost their
Hives The In which thesa
s lOsSes were distributed should be Of
NRlue to stoCkmen aud ranchers who.
are Interested In |curtailing these
~losscs, aud who are anxious so know
what the weak points Ia ,heir pres
'nt methods OF management ARE. The
LOSSES among cattle were distributed
az follows;
Under i-ycar old from b%lackleg.
80 NNfN AHNfNN NHI NlNHN NAV lux az
%alvcs. loss OF mother from lafkspur
N poisoning, 10; cattle losses from lark
Hpur. 81. other poisonr. 81. prcda-
Rory animals 90. accident. SO; In
calviug. ~ lost. straycd or stolen.
20 from anthrax. .: FROM eating
fglunt powder from railroad construc-
ton camp, 3; from neck-nnd spine
disease. ID. Killed by hunters. 2,
bind. aged. crippled and ruptured,
" N-.. -
l22. from lack Of proper food and
starvation, ~. and from unknown
causes. 33T.
Chcck Predatory Animals
The LOSSES from predatory AMI
mails are h-inE checked AZ tdpldly as
the federal agencies for this work
a." able to cop with the situation
Whenever the forest rangers note
that the predatory animals ARE ca1s-
iug heavy damage. "a %, ildouHl hunt
.rs are sent to dcsirn- diem. Thc
LOSSES due to disc 49, and aeridcat
and miscellaneous gtur's could Dee
substantially decreased u more herd
or- were employed BY the owners.
IudN conditions which obtain on
m" national forest ranges. one or two
hcrdeis could handle rom 500 To
1909 cattle without particular Gif-
n,ulty. On the same scai" that Il
pays to herd sheep IN the govern.
m"ut range IL afro Is prufitablr to
herd rattl" and potentially. permit
tees probably Will c.Irf to this dccl-
sion OF their " accord.
Poisonous plants-and particularly
larkspur-arc responsible annually
Tor large losses % livestock through
out the western states. There h only
one effective system Of Kidding the
r4UfT.A az luTENNnr aud TINT H. -. pHttN
the plants out ssas0n after season
until finally The range viii be free
uf this Objectionable growth.
The experiences OF a certain
ruuchyr whose range abuts one nj
the California national forests. and
who, under the supervision Of tho
United states forest service. has been
wuging u winning fight against lark
spur during the last four years. are
illuminativ- iu this regard. After
careful trial and study OF the control
methods aud the results. this stock
mun b. enthusiastic about the eff
Cheney OF the plan and he urges
every other ranchor and stockmnn
who owns infested range to give the
system Of eradication u thorough and
impartial trial,
Ideal P~asturaRc Infested
In this instance. the larkspur was
NNfNHA''NNN ~ N" - ANNAHANNAN wv -
range whore the grazing was other
wise exceptionally good The infested
area was on "a side hin whore secp-
Ugc from a spring e the top Of the
hin provided plenty of moisture so
that the grass was unusually nNuriant
az an times during tho grazing period.
Thc runchcr had TO have a herder
with the cattle constantly In order to
keep them of the lRrkspur infested
area. Not only did he lose the use
OF excellent rungc. but he also was
under extra expense to protect his
cattle from the poisonous plants.
During the 1913 grazing season he
lost 10 steers which, despite the cf-
fonts Of the hcrdcr, trrspussed on
the larkapur AREA aud surrounded to
The poisoning which resulted. The
following season, under similar con-
dluous. "a head uf valuable range
cnttl" were poisoned. The next year
only five steers died from larkspur
poisoning. while the following year.
tho mortality aggregated iS head, In
1917. the Misrepresentation cam
paign was Instituted. and as a con-
sequence OF the work of that season