White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1922-10-29

and buttermilk in town and feeding
the SKINNED milk to his livestock
the returns are "a cents per pound
of butter fat. BY making cheese and
selling ii at the regular wholesale
price the returns amount to SO cents
per pound of butter fat. The lowest
income per pound of butter fat is
found to be In wholesaling the milk
to a city dealer, which returns the
farmer AT cents.
Professor Scott said that statistics
gathered through dairy sections
throughout the world showed that
one cow was necessary to supply four
people with all dairy products. in
GLIDING milk. cream. butter and
cheese. Figuring the district of Ely.
East Ely. McGill and Ruth on the
basis of a normal population of say
5000, this would require 1900 dairy
cattle to supply the entire demand.
and Mr.. Scott strongly urged the
farmers surrounding this district TO
seriously consider the proposition of
placing themselves In position to
supply all these products and thereby
make for themselves the profit which
necessarily goes out when the prod
ucts are shipped in.
The important subject of the de-
struction of predatory animals was
taken up L. X. X. Stewart, predatory
animal inspector, assisting E. r.
Sans, who is in charge of the work
in Nevada in cooperation with the
state rabies commission and the
county rabies commissions.
During the twenty-one months
from January l, 1921, to September
80, 1922, the state and counties lave
expended in this work s~29,192.G5.
In these campaigns there have been
taken 1875 bobcats. s.74s coyotes.
4 mountain lion and ! wolf, a total
of 10,02S predatory animals. Re
ceipts from state furs sold totaled
s10,3o6.S3 during this period. This
money has been turned into the state
treasury. There is on hand approx
mately $4,000 worth of unsold state
furs. The county appropriations
were made late and little of those
funds has been used. With the IA
yorable poisoning eason now coming
on the force of hunters is being
greatly increased and a thorough
poisoning campaign IS well under
way.
During this period in Whita Pine
county $1,419.66 has beer expended.
OF this 1,313.13 came from federal
sources and $1SO.33 from state
funds. No county money has as yet
been used. Four men have been en-
ployed and they have taken 29a coy
otes and bobcats. Additional men
are to be employed in White Pine
county. Some of these men will be
paid from the funds of this county
and the furs from animals taken by
them Will be marketed as advanta-
geously as possible, the receipts from
which will be returned to the county
treasury. By this method the cost
of the work directly to the county
will be minimized.
MI. Stewart will return to Ely next
Tuesday and remain in this county
for a week or ten days. During his
o1aF htlG all AACiE anu olOthI1tn
who are suffering loss by predatory
animals are invited TO confer with
him and effort will be made to place
a man in such localities as may de-
mand special attention. Men of ex-
perience i'm this line of work will be
employed her and those qualified
MAJ obtain appointment and assign
v,,en4 Itt q ,Ifxfnr = A.. C4.u-.
Through the aid of federal funds
the work during the period at twea-
ty-one months covered in the report
Of the biological survey showed the
cost 10 the state for the destruction
OF coyotes and other predatory AMI
mails has been considerably less than
50 each. This does not take into
consideration thousands OF coyotes
poisoned but not found in time to Sc
cure the skin or scalp. Thousands
OF magpies have likewise been de-
stroyed in the campaign. This has
resulted in a great saving in native
birds OF all kinds. as well as poultry,
due to the fact that the magpie is a
serious menace in the destruction
particularly OF eggs and young fowl.
They also carry contagious diseases,
which spread through sheep and
other animals with disastrous re-
suits.
The cost Of destroying predatory
animals by men working under sal
airy and properly directed az CON-
pared with what is commonly called
the bounty system was discussed and
attention directed to the fact that
the number of animals taken by the
cooperative service, at a cost OF con-
s~iderably less than SO each. has re-
suited in a saving to the taxpayers
when based upon the bounty former
ly paid in this state. 1t was further
noinfad ont that g., oAI;ts1. A. -.