The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1924-01-03
ASK AID In WAR
AGAINST ANIMALS
COOPERATION NEEDED SAYS
STOCK COMMISSION, TO
FARMER-STOCKMEN,
Biological Survey Will Furnish Any
Individual Stockman or Farmer
With Poison; Furs Can Be Sold at
Profit.

1TOllls
Cooperation between farmers an
stockmen of the state with the stat
and federal agencies engaged in tn,
eradication of predatory animals
which prey upon livestock Throughout
the state, bearing the signature of ]
E. Morse and E. A. Phillips, president
and secretary, respectively, of the as
ISOLATION. The letter sets out the
purposes and benefits of the plan as
follows:
mo doubt you nave learned that
the bounty law on predatory animals
was repealed by the last legislature
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, in
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 $751; to 100000 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
1T takes a vast amount of organi-
and a large number of expert
enced hunters and trappers to cover
he immense area of Montana. The
general plan is for the biological sur
Tey to furnish to any reputable stock
association or individual stockman or
armer the necessary poison to work
N a designated piece of range. The
biological survey is making a con-
ract with cooperating associations
r individuals covering this work.
f"The poison used by the govern
nent is a %processed strychnine base
which the bitter taste has been
emoved. This is necessary that the
uspicions of the animal taking the
oisoned bait is not aroused. This
olson has been given a thorough and
.uccessful test in Wyoming, Idaho
nd Colorado, and is highly recon-
lended by experienced hunters and
tockmen who have been fighting the
oyote pest over a long period of
''From a reading of the sample con-
.act you will observe that it is re-
uired that reports be furnished the
ffice of the biological survey, giving
lie number of bats used each month
nd the number of animals killed. AT
II the contract is signed for a
the biological survey sends
representative to instruct the trap
or in the use of the poison. A num-
or 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
it winter, and the scheme outlined
IRE given a thorough tryout, to the !
Id that the mountain lion, wolf, /
beat, coyote and any other d~estruc-
re animals will be killed off, and
our livestock-and we mean to
clude poultry-may be better pro-
cted than ever before from the raw
es of these animals.
Fur Prices Attractive b
eve desire to emphasize to the
lall farmer and trapper the fact
at good money can be made from <
9 killing of predatory animals. Furs
Q now selling at a very high price.
repeating of the former bounty
" should not in any measure dis
urage the efforts of the farmer and
upper who has operated during the
nter months heretofore. for it is
lie that good furs can be sold for
better price intact than that re-
we'd by removing the head and col
ting the bounty and then ~disposing
the skin. There is no good rea-
/ why the trapping and hunting
predatory animals should not go
as strong or stronger than ever be-
e. In many sections of the state
, erroneou idea prevails that a
pper's license is required to hunt
l trap predatory animals, but this
not the case.