The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1921-10-13
MANY PERlLS TO LIVESTOCK
GRAZED ON NATIONAL FORESTS

The utilization of the range the national forests of the wes
Tor the production of WOOL beef mutton pork is steadily
increasing from year year Ranchers stocen are man
NESTING growing appreciation of the advantages afforded by
government pasurage And in the degree they all
TOO frequently negectng their live stock after out
on the mountain ranges state officials of the United States de-
partmeIt of agriculture,
On ali open ranges there many from predatory ami
mails sonous plants disease and accidents and similar dan
gers Unless of live stock campaign nteigeny and
peseveng against such of disaster their and
focks usually suffer mortality Of from to per cent yearly
10 illustrate grazed 700 head of cattle last
summer on national forest without herder AS he
lost a dozen head Of steers worth $50 each.
Mortality High Last Year.
Last in forest district which includes California and
western Nevada the total live stock mortality in IL forests
to l5l cattle five horses and $40 sheep The total
number of pemttees who used the federal grazing a
gregaed 1929 They grazed 234 AS cattle horses
sheep and goats and $500 hogs the ranges Two hun
bred and seventyve cattle died of diseases 299 cattle and
1462 sheep were killed by eating poisonous plants; 81 CATTLE
five horses and 2745 sheep killed by predatory animals
and 86 cattle and 1853 sheep succumbed accidents and mis-
cellaneous causes of DEATH
This matter of live stock losses ranges
has become of such importance that the United States forest
service made detailed the specific causes of NOR
tally live stock in the Sansaus forest California
during recent year During the period under discussion
total OF oo head OF live stock out of the 10000 animals pas
tured In the forest lost their lives The which these
losses distributed should be of stockmen and
ranchers who interested in curang these who
are anxious to know what the weak points in their
methods OF management The losses among cattle
, distributed follows:
Under year old from ackleg 49, over one wear old from
backeg SIS calves loss of mother from lakspur poisoning
lO cattle losses from arkspur 3d. other posons preda
tory animals 90 accident &c. in calvng lost strayed or
stolen ~ from anthrax two from eating giant powder from
railroad construction camp five; from spine disease
10; killed by hunters two; blind aged crippled rupured
1our losses from contagious abortion 1922 from lack of
food and starvation ID; and from unknown causes 337
Check Predatory Animals
The losses from predatory animals being checked
pdy the federal agencies for this work are able to
with the situation Whenever the forest that the
predatory animals causing heavy damage professional
hunters sent to destroy them The due to disease
and accident and miscellaneous could be substantially
decreased herders employed the owners I'm
der conditions which obtain the national forest
or two herders could handle from 500 1000 cattle without
particular difficulty On the scale that it herd
sheep the government ranges profitable to herd
cattle and particularly pemttees probably will to this
decision of their accord.
Poisonous plants particularly arkspur-are RESPONSE
BILE annually for large losses of live stock throughout the
states There is only effective system Of Kidding the
of arkspur and that grub the plants out
after season until finally the range will be free this obec
tonable growth.
The experiences of certain rancher whose range
of the California national forests and who the
sion of the United States forest service has been wagn
winning fight against arkspur during the last years
umnatve in this regard After careful trial and studv Of
asc about the efficiency of the plan and he urges every other
rancher ockman who infested give the
tenn of eradication thorough and impartial trial
Ideal Pasturage Infested
In this instance the arkspur prevalent
range where the grazing otherwise exceptionally good
The infested area side hill where seepage from
spring the top of the hill provided plenty of
that the grass unusually uxuran all times during the
EXCLUSIVE PHOTO FROM UNCLE. SAM's