The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1924-01-04
ASK AID In WAR
AGAINST ANIMALS
STOCK COMMISSION, TO
MER-STOCKNEN.
Biological Survey VIII Furnish Any
Individual Stockman or Farmer
With Poison; Furs Can Be Sold at
Profit.

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Cooperation between farmers an
stockmen of the state with the stat
and federal agencies engaged in tn
eradication of predatory animal
which prey upon livestock Throughout
the state, bearing the signature of J
E. Morse and E. A. Phillips, presiden
and secretary, respectively, of the as
ISOLATION. The letter sets out tn
purposes and benefits of the plan a
follows:
mo doubt you nave learned tina
the bounty law on predatory animal
was repealed by the last legislator,
and a new law was enacted author
izing the livestock commission to ex
pend the money raised by the tax levy
formerly used for bounty purposes, il
the destruction of predatory animals
in connection with the u. S. Biologi
cal survey, the Montana Fish and
Game commission, and such other
agencies as may be elected by the
commission.
1.-THE biological survey, with state
headquarters in Billings, is getting
satisfactorily started with this work.
From $4,000 to $4,000 will be fur
nished by the government; approx
mately $4,000 will be furnished by
the fish and game commission, and
approximately $4,000 is derived
from the tax levy of the livestock
commission This aggregate, with
the money derived from the sale of
skins taken by the fish and game
commission and the livestock COM
mission, make UP the fund available
for use in the campaign against the
predatory animals.
Poison Method Approved
''It takes vast amount of organi-
cation and large number of expert
enced hunters and trappers to cover
the immense area of Montana. The
general plan is for the biological sur
vey to furnish to any reputable stock
association or individual stockman or
farmer the necessary poison to work
on a designated piece of range. The
survey is making con-
tract with cooperating associations
Or individuals covering this work.
''The poison used by the govern
ment is a processed strychnine base
from which the bitter taste has been
removed. This is necessary that the
suspicious of the animal taking the
poisoned bait is not aroused. This
poison has been given thorough and
test in Wyoming, Idaho
md Colorado, and is highly recon-
nended by experienced hunters and
;tockmen who have been fighting the
coyote pest over a long period of
ears
From a reading of the sample con-
ract you will observe that it is re-
Iuired that reports be furnished the
'ffice of the biological survey, giving |
he number of bats used each month |
nd the number of animals killed. AT |
er the contract is signed for a
rapper, the biological survey sends
representative to instruct the trap
er in the use of the poison. A num-
er of contracts have been made and
large force of trappers are working.
, is hoped that a big portion of the
ate may be covered during the pres
ut winter, and the scheme outlined
ere given thorough tryout, to the
nd that the mountain lion, wolf.
obcat, coyote and any other destruc-
We animals will be killed off, and
lat our livestock-and we mean to
clude poultry-may be better pro-
cted than ever before from the raw
res of these animals.
Fur Prices Attractive
1--WE desire to emphasize to the
nall farmer and trapper the fact
at good money can be made from
e killing of predatory animals. Furs
e now selling at a very high price.
le repeating of the former bounty
W should not in any measure dis
urage the efforts of the farmer and
apper who has operated during the
inter- months heretofore. for it is
ue that good furs can be sold for
better price intact than that re-
ived by removing the head and col
ting the bounty and then disposing
the skin. There is no good rea-
n why the trapping and hunting
predatory animals should not go
as strong or stronger than ever be-
re. In many sections of the state
! erroneous idea prevails that a
Ipper's license is required to hunt
d trap predatory animals, but this
not the case.
''In conclusion it is hoped that ev-