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DOGS, PETS, ETC.

DACHSHUND PUPPIES
Axe. this, is a top litter. the per-
feet Christmas present. Phone F. j.
GREENE at FIX. 3-465o or Warren
c tSE ns'I pu lfa,1 Axe, black and 6utr
sas ag ,1s up 4.4oI Will hold It'll Christ
ENGLISH BULL--AKC. superb pedi.
gree, gentle. 8 mos, shots. Tel, OIL
FRENCH POODLE PuPPiEs. Axe
standard. black; females: wonder,
full Christmas gifts. Ell. 6-3S06.
COCKER SPANIEL, pedigree. 6 week.
old, $50 and $50. Call LA. 6-436d
c aasfFE ( s sPaN1ELs-xmas puppies a
Champ. Hickory Hills Huiiabaloe
and pets. Axe, shots, wormed. black,
buff red; males sd and females, 9
P EHSi Il: S1 c8cRER SPANIEL =
S Mi51 give Ap 70 family family providing good
TOY MANcHESTER PUPPIES, Axe
up. PARKWooD KEN KENNELS Els So 81 )
Branch ave. Sc: RE: 5-5440. -
Axe. cropped, docked. Perm. dis
WOOD KENNELS aESsfi eo15 u Branch Af ave
Sc. RE; 5,5440. -
WILL HUNT, show and sell Friday
and Sat. this week. ! pointer female,
4 years old; l pointer male. son OF
Tarheel Wilaerial, 4 years old;
pointer yearlings; papers; several
nice guns. Call JOHN A. EDWARDS
400 Monticello blvd, Alexandria
Va. OV. 3-160S. j
FRENCH POODLE, black. standard
Axe reg; dewormed; all shots: 4
mos. old. OIL. 2-1632. S
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Print the SURPRISE ANSWER here

ROOMS FuRk.-N.E. Cont
COLOKED-MEN OR COUPLES; &C.
eept children. COW. transportation.
l1l6 Montello ave. ne, Ii. 3-7657.
-2
COLORED-ROOM and pvt. kit; can
be seen any time before 3 pm
COLORED-NICE FRONT ROOM for
man; cooking privileges. Call AID.
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FARM AND GARDEN

PLANTING, transplanting, pruning
and fertilizing; cleanup work. White
LA AMI s5a.l'iSi AND TREE SERVICE
dsg,sol' z mannre; trees, ,Shrubbery
BULLDOZERS for grading. excavat-
Call UN. $3.50: night. AP. 1-059S,
TOPsOIL-very good. rich. topsoil:
for lawns and greenhouses; very rea-
T9nahae Gal No. J0 s " with ,r.,,.r
S SSed less th osi % hop Go saE HM HHn
MOTOR J SALES. I'M R. I. ave. ne
SLUDGE, clean fill dirt. top soil. blue
stone; tree removing; hauling. MIR
HARTING. HE. 4-5673. IS
TOPSOIL, have 10000 to $4,000 yds
of Al topsoil; stockpiled approx.
miles miles from ron l4th St; Bridge in Va:
pile or can haul. ia. 7-723S' o--S
LAWN AND TREE SERVICE, topping
removing and tranSplanting. Fol
free estimates. j. E. SHIFLETT, ia
I RlIs.: n,,t Tyres o,,n and rEs s Fqr
CHINESE CHEsTNUTs-Blight re-
sistant: produce prolific crops of
sweet delicious nuts and provide
shade for the home grounds Two
3 to IT. bearing-size trees. Offer
No. 4-A for S6.45. postpaid. Ask for
free illustrated folder in color, Of
fering many other bargains. Sales
people wanted for ,Virginia's largest
assortment fruit trees, nut trees.
berry plants, grape vines and land
scape plant material. WAYNES-
BORo NURSERIES. Waynesboro
Va,
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ROOMS FURNIsHED-s.E.-s.W

CAPITOL HILL, 100 C st. s.e.-Rm.
bath. kitchen; SIS wk. See MR.
STANBACH or call Ii 4-7700. IA
COLOkED - NEWLY FURN., newly
dec. lge. front rm.; for sgle.; all
privileges: $40. AID. 2-2277. %
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ROOMS FURNIsHED-N.E.

CAPITOL HILL-Well-f furnished room.
running water. Call Ii. 4-5ab3.
DOUBLE ROOM. all privileges. man
or couple preferred. LII. 1-436S.
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BOILING FIELD

$3.50 INCL. ALL UTILS.
BRIGHT, attractive = rms, kitchen
and bath in modern apt. bldg. front
and rear entrances; "a block to ex-
press bus. III Galveston pl. s,w.
DREYFUSS BROS, 1919 10Th st.
NV. MA. S-05S2.
COLORED-725 QUEBEC PL. NV
Attrac. l-rm effic.: ref. home; conv..
reas, adult. RA. 6-6S9S. j
COLORED-2lI0 N ST. N.W.-Newly
decorated 2 bedrms.. liv. rm., kit,
and path; excel. transp.: Ss7 80.
COLORED-NICELY FURN. at SIS
per week: $3.50 and SO. Pvt. kit,
for quiet adults; references. See
Custodian, 1905 Belmont I'd. NV,
Apt. 2. After 8 pm. EN-. 2-1965.
coLoRED - NEWLY DECORATED
studio apt: employed couple or =
quiet men. AID. 4-7241. -
COLORED-913 NJ ST. N.W.-Newly
pvt. bath: $50-S55, incl. heat and
hot water. immed occupancy. Il
COLORED-2i23 18th ST. NV
rms, kit, bath, SI5 wk. SWISS
CoLoRED-aSa5 NEW HAMPSHIRE
AVE. NV. - 2-bedrm. unit, utils.
incl. adults pref. $40. tn. 2-36S4.
CoLoRED-NEw OFFERING. clifton
st. NV, mr.. Cardozo High: attrac.
and 3 rms, we'll furn. Utils.,
So5-S75. RIA, 6-6321. -
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PIANOS FOR RENT-Rental or pur.
chase rental plan: JoRDAN'S, cor
3-9400l, and 1882 Georgia ave.
Silver Spring tPhone JU. 5-1I05}
Silver Spring store open eyery
evening. Downtown store open
Monday and Thursday ewes. ---3
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ROOMS AND APIS. TO SHARE


1910 10th ST. NV young men to
share 2-bedrm. apt. with anotr er
young man; preferably Govt en-
ployes: Call after 5 pm. daily. De.
H-'1S7
GIRL TO SHARE modern. redec. 18th
and r NV. apt. with another girl;
liv. .rm., bedrm., KIT, bath, utils.,
maid serv. After 6 pm. DU. 7-5240.
MAN, under 80, to share comfortable
furn. 2-bedrm. house. Capitol Hill,
with ] other man. Ewes. and Sun.
Ii. 6-S631; weekdays, DI. 7-6545.
3 COLLEGE GRADS. desire one other
to share lge.. conv. loo. NV. apt,
all priyiis. AID. 1901. 10
WOMAN to, share lge. 2-bedrm. apt.
with one. other; cony. location; rent
C asISSRaGle OR 3-T Tsfined adults to
share nicely furn. 2-bedrm. apt.
Taylor st. NV, RIA. 6-5022.
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ROOMS WITH BOARD

57O5 18th ST. N.W.-Nice. large
room for :; good breakfast. friendly:
Southern home. RA, 6-392S. .
ROOM WITH BOARD. washing and
ironing. for employed gentleman:
ne. section. DE. 2-l2S1. %
ELDERLY OR RETIRED LADY -
Southern cooking, nursing care: in
pleasant pvt. home. WA. 7-S222.
COLUMBIA RID. NV, 2001-Nice
sgle. rm.. SIS wk.; dble., ST.. Good
meals; young people. co. 5-2493.
CLUB MASON, 1928 New Hamp. ave.
n.w.-De luxe. living in a club resi-
dence for refined ladies and mem;
$3.50 and up. incl. full-course
meals, maid. free phone service.
CALVERT HOUSE, l4U1 10th NV
Choice rooms, business people. stu
dents; selected menu. PIX. TV.
ROOM AND BOARD for working
mother with day care for children,
1sS6 MASS. AVE. N.w.-Lovely front
room. Available for 8 girls. Excellent
food. DU. 1920. -
LARGE FRONT bedroom in nice
nome; home cooked meals; officer
preferred ia S-o610 B
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STEEL

We have large stock of new and used
steel in many sizes. such as I-beams,
angle iron and reinforcing steel
cut to size
GENERAL WRECKING co.
1887 Brentwood Rd. NE. AID. 2-6l7 n
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HAYWOOD GARDENS
41O1 HAYWOOD PL.
MT. RAINIER, MD.
IMMEDIATE OccUPANc,

IMMEDIATE OCCUPANCY
Just across the District line. One bu.
fare: excellent bus facilities: con.
theater.
Reception hall. living room. dinette
bedroom, kitchen and bath: S105
including utilities.
Apply in person. WA. $4,000.
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APIS. FURNIsHEp-MD.

2-BEDRM. APT, utils. furn.; chill.
dren accepted: avail. immed. Hyatts.
vile. WA. 7-5S27. -
LIV. RM.. bedrm.. dinette, kitchen.
cite. bath: mr.. country club. OIL
TAKOMA PK.-Small. bright 3-rm
apt. for / or ,: BendiX: express
bus; S69.50. Ju. 5-9622. -
MT. RAINIER, $500 Shepherd st.-3
rms. bath. clean. utils. incl; lovely
loo: refs; empl. adults: SIS. 3
cheney $3.50 / 5-rooms and bath
So. so. Mod. new house. LII. l.
LIVING ROOM, bedroom. kitchen. pvt
bath and entr.: utilS., washer; neal
tranSp; $50 JU g-734T 3
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$64.5O PER MONTH

ALL UTILITIES INCLUDED
Downtown location, 1223 10th st,
NV; front apartment; . rooms,
kitchen, semibath; attractively FUR
nished. Call MILLS REAL ESTATE,
MA. S-456l. 30
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ROSEMARY APIS.

ROSEWARY APIS.
Convenient to Walter Reed. Bethesda
Naval, NH, MOL and Johns Hop.
kins. Large, attractive 2-bedroom
apt, newly furn.. ideal for family
Play areas. laundry facilities, pri-
vate bus service and recreauonal
facilities.
Upfurnished apt. also available.
1929 East-WeSt Hwy.
Cali Ut S-1fTn
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S62.50

Extra Large. 1-bedrm. apt,
newly dec. Liv. rm., dinette,
Kit. and bath. laundry and
bSmt. facils.: tranSp. at door,
> blocks complete shopping.
Coral Hills. Res. mgr, LU.
1920. 4614 Hillside I'd. s.e.,
No. 4.
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FURNITURE

RENOVATED FURNITURE, IN EX-
CELLENT CONDITION.
Sofas. S34.g5; end tables, S3.95;
mattresses. $40; coil springs, Sl0.g5;
beds. $40 and up; odd chairs. 81 4. 30;
lamp tables, 81 95; 3-pc. bedroom
suite. S5g.95: bookcases, S7.95;
table lamps S3.95; dinette sets,
S34.95 up. Hundreds OF other items
priced similarly low. Open eyes,
Mondays and Fridays. FURNITURE
TRADING MART. 215 King St.,
Alex. Va, XII. $4,000. %
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CONNECTICUT AVE.
SHIPLEY PARK

Attractive and newly furnished. COM
pletely redecorated. / and 2 bed
bath lee. rm.1, picture Windows win Hu
ample closet space, laundry facili-
ties. convenient to bus and shopping
center. Office on development, 34OO
C5th st Sc 10 o-O135 a
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UPTOWN, 1926 Park I'd. n.w.-Lge.
bed-liv. rm. comb, lge. complete kit,
PVT. bath; nicely furn.: sos. --5
EMBASSY AREA. 2019 Mass. ave.
n;w.-Newly decorated; best transp
Also rooms s.
DUPONT CIRCLE-Well-furn apt
for. 2 refined gentlemen; . rms. kit.
and share bath: SIS. CO. 5-5710
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Spacious liv. I'm. 26x46, fireplace.
French doors opening on terrace:
Hollywood bath. bedrni., KIT: maid
service; garage. AID. 4-9678. n
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FURNITURE Refrigerator. deep
freeze in top. like new: 4-burner
gas range with oven. mahog. bed,
spring and mattress; baby bath
inette, used 3 months. Other ODDS
and ends. XII. S-43l4. or XII. g.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1954-09-24
BY DR.. Abba Hitler Silver
of Cleveland. Ohio

The State of Israel wants to
continue to be the home for all
who may wish to go there or who
may have to go there. The period
of ingathering, my friends, is not
over. For the time being it has
slowed down in order to enable
the State to absorb the vast num-
bers which have already come
there. But no one knows when
or from where the next great
stream of immigration will move
in the direction of Israel.
There is one thing that is alb
solutely practicable about Jewish
history, and that's it's unpredict-
ability. No one dares to be dog
matte about trends in Jewish his
tory. The hidden things belong
to God. All that we know is that
in every generation heretofore,
enemies arose to destroy Jewish
communities, and many of them
were destroyed because they had
no haven of refuge to which to 60.
Israel wants to continue to be
that possible haven of refuge for
those that will have to go there,
and a home for those who may
wish to go there.
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Continued from Page 81
cannot. even with the new State
of Israel forget those millions Of
murdered Jews.
Asch is obsessed by the de-
struction of European Jewry. He
wrote much during the war "a
gainst Hitler and the Hitler spirit.
He is afraid of the Dominion of
the Demonic," as he calls it. Like
German man, Bolshevist man
drove blindly forward over a
road of corpses." He goes in fear
of the 'Party line'-''The fires of
the Inquisition, the wars of reli-
gion, the prisons of Siberian
Punishment, the brutalities of
Kaisers and Tsars are child's play
against the methods of torture,
the gas chambers, the slave
camps, the disappearance of hui
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1954-09-24
DaytO1la Beach, Florida
SHOL EN- ASCH

man beings without a trace used
by all the different 'liberators.
Whatever Party line they use, the
Party line has become the rope
on which humanity is hanged. "
That is why Asch. the novelist.
the writer. has let himself be di-
verified so much from literature.
TO give his time to religious think
ina. For on the one side he sees
the armed devil. and on the other.
God. only when Freedom is an
chored in God" he has written,
can there be real respect for
man. To give himself an account
ing of what he has done to
strengthen his bond with God
man must ask himself daily:
What have done today for my
fellow-man?' That message is
implicit in everything Asch has
written from his first work. It is
in his stories in the "Shtetel." It
is in his "Shsoime Naggid." in
his Three Cities" in Salvation"
in Passage in the Night" in all
his work.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1954-09-24

Comedian Joe. E. Lewis ex-
plains it this way: "Some men
don't realize what happiness is
until they get married. and
then it's too late"
Montana farmer-stockman., 1954-10-15

each newly Shocked-up field of corn,
the ones whose fall-worn frosty coat
inspired a line Jim Riley wrote, on
which we'd carve each Halloween,
the StrangeSt features ever seen, and
which have come to be despised as
folks have got so civilized that they
won't grow single thing which can
be bought in cans, by jing.
AS city populations grow, we get
more folks who do not know this
Vegetable acquired its fame with
''punkin'' as its proper name. In
Super-markets cross the land, you
hear a word I cannot stand; I'll
argue long, with lots of heat, that
pumpkin isn't fit to eat The lat
ter's in the cans you buy, it soaks the
crust of RESTRAINT pie; it's soggy,
gummy, tasteless stuff of which I
long since had enough. But punkin's
something else again, to me the
world is brightest when Mirandy
starts from scratch, by gee, and
makes punkin pie for me.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1954-10-15
Coyotes Can't Win
Continued from page y

Then someone remembers the mouse
plague on the old Miller and Lux ranches
south of Buttonwillow, Calf, back in
1926 before coyotes were well controlled.
There mice were "as thick as mosqui-
toes even though many coyotes feasted
upon them. Old timers recall similar
case in Humboldt Valley, New, in the
winter of 19O6-07; and there are stories
of big rabbit drives around the turn of
the century, when coyotes were much
more common than now.
Come to think of it, this sort of thing
has been going on all over the West
right up to the present. In eastern Ore
gon coyotes increased rapidly between
1881 and 1941, during which time jack
rabbits increased for few years, then
became scarce, and later increased to
a second high mark in 1941, the same
year that coyotes were most common.
There was small mouse plague in
Harvey and Lake counties that year
too. Down around Kingman, Ariz, jack
rabbits, kangaroo rats and ground squir-
rels had their ups and downs all the
while that trappers reported abundance
of coyotes between 1886 and 1945.
On the other hand, those who know
Che range country are agreed that since
1947 there has been a general decline
of coyotes and during the same period
there have been local increases in jack
rabbits. One of the earliest of these up
ward trends in jacks was 1944-45, in
southwestern Wyoming and northeast
ern Utah. Anyone familiar with that
area, from Blacks Fork west to the
Wasatch Range, knows it is much the
same type of country on both sides of
Montana farmer-stockman., 1954-10-15
Usual Multiplication

The rabbits apparently felt likewise
and did their usual multiplication tables
throughout that territory without re-
gard to state boundaries. The coyotes
might have followed suit, except for
some different ideas by stockmen in
Wyoming and Utah. On the Wyoming
side a control program cut down
coyote numbers in 1887 and kept them
scarce from then on. On the Utah side
a similar program was not started
until 1946.
Now how about that? Rabbits in
creasing all over the place, while
coyotes were common on the Utah side
and scarce in Wyoming. And how about
all the other cases, some in which rab-
bits or rodents increased during coyote
decline, others where exactly the oppo-
site occurred, and still others where
predators and prey species fluctuated
up and down with no apparent relation
oIuP' OIl uduuS CAaSoC OpoSl NoClouS uO
not seem to square with the fact that
coyotes on the average get about half
their annual food requirements from
rabbits and rodents. Obviously there is
a mix-up of facts and fancies some
where in this coyote-rodent-rabbit deal.
Several years ago two scientists of
the Fish and Wildlife Service, Everett
Horn and Henry Fitch, decided to do
something about untangling this mys-
terry. They discussed the subject with
Forest Service scientists at the San
Joaquin Experimental Range, Calf;
built themselves some little rodent
proof pastures; worked during ii years
Montana farmer-stockman., 1954-10-15

getting intimately acquainted with the
personal affairs of rabbits, gophers,
ground squirrels, kangaroo rats and
all the animals, birds and reptiles that
eat them; and came up with what you
might call a rabbit 's-eye view of the
whole affair.
Rabbit's-Eye View
Books full of statistics and scores of
pages and reports were written in ar
irving at their conclusions, all of which
can be read by anyone who has the
time. Boiled down to essentials, the rab-
bit's-eye view is this: If you are
rabbit Cor rodenD you don't give
hoot about the food habits of coyotes
or anything else so long as you can
raise big families faster than they are
eaten.
It is astonishing how far some rodents
can keep ahead of coyotes appetites.
Take California ground squirrels for
example. DR.. Fitch found that the re-
productive rate of an average popula-
tion of ground squirrels was about IL
times greater than the rate of squirrel
consumption by an average coyote
population. Other rodents and rabbits
do nearly as well or better.
No wonder rabbits can regard coyotes
with some contempt. All the little crea-
lures need is slight edge on disease,
weather and food; then away they go
on breeding spree that can result
in plague before the dog coyotes get
much more than a gleam in their eyes.
Even if coyotes lived exclusively on
rodents and such, they could not keep
up with them. All kinds of predators
combined seem able, however, to tone
down the frequency of rodent plaques
somewhat.
Weather, Food, Disease
Now how about the relation of ro-
dent populations? Many stock raisers
Montana farmer-stockman., 1954-10-15

sheep and goats-19 per cent; 90 mis-
cellaneous, deer-6 per cent; upland
game birds-3 per cent, non-game birds
= per cent, insects-6 per cent.
Rabbits are the most important food
item in the coyotes diet, whether con-
sidered by volume (33 per cent? or by
frequency of occurrence (43 per cent?.
Mr.. Sperry states, MANY persons are
so firmly convinced that coyotes live
on rabbits that it is relief to learn
Montana farmer-stockman., 1954-10-15
2z1.zE THE = = = = !.
tJt J - IEARfksffE52 =

FOR YEARS with many folks
I've fought about the proper name
that ought to be attached to what I
call the most maligned fruit of them
all. mean those gourds of yellow
hue that nearly ev'ryone once grow,
the golden spheres that would adorn
Montana farmer-stockman., 1954-10-15

given food occurred are as follows
(since a stomach usually contained
more than one item of food the total
percentage exceeds 100 per cent?: Cd
Rabbits-43 per cent; (2) carrion-S5
per cent; 90 rodents-32 per cent; (4
Montana farmer-stockman., 1954-10-15
Plea for Leniency
Continued from page u

If it were just life sentence he was
getting it wouldn't be so bad /. but it
is death sentence. Modern poisons,
such as the one designated as 1880, are
to the coyote what the atomic bomb is
to the human race. A coyote can use his
cunning to combat traps and guns, but
1880 has no taste and no smell, and it
is sure death. Against such weapon
coyote has no defense.
On behalf of Mr.. Coyote, 1 would like
TO summarize some of the findings pub
hshed in a bulletin of the Fish and
Wiidlife Service of the Department of
the Interior. 1t is written by Charles
c. Sperry and entitled, Food Habits
of the Coyote" During a five-year pc
riod, 1931-35, Biological Survey trappers
and other people cooperating with the
Division of Wildlife Research sent in
1888 coyote Stomachs to a laboratory
for careful analysis. Of this total, 1,548
stomach were collected in Montana and
Wyoming. Each of the items in the
stomachs was separated and the per-
centage by volume of the total food
was calculated for each item. Tabula-
tions were also made on the frequency
with which the coyote fed on a given
food.
Coyotes Diet
The items in the coyotes diet fell
into five broad classes. The percentages
by volume in each class are as fol-
lows: Cd Rabbits-33 per cent; (2)
carrion-25 per cent; go rodents-18
per cent; (N sheep and goats-13 per
cent; (5) miscellaneous, including deer,
birds, insects, vegetable matter, and
all other animal matter-11 per cent.
The percentage of stomachs in which
October IS, 1854
Montana farmer-stockman., 1954-10-15

from predators during years of rabbit
or rodent abundance, but coyotes extra
feeding on such little creatures is never
enough to keep up with the great rate
at which they reproduce. Rodents and
rabbits maintain their more or less reg
ular cycles of scarcity and abundance
in accordance with the way in which
each species responds tc the influence
of weather, food and disease.
They do this when coyotes are abun-
dant, uncommon, or rare. Again, it's
a matter of population mathematics:
A predator that multiplies slowly has
little influence on prey species that
multiply rapidly. Entomologists have
proven that time and again in their
efforts to find natural controls for in
sect pests.
Tag End in Race
Old Man Coyote brings up the tag-end
in this race between the little creatures
and their enemies, but there are other
ways in which he will always command
lot of respect. His cleverness and
cunning have earned him large place
in old Indian legends, and his lone
some howls add an elusive wilderness
touch to many western camping ex-
perience. In spite of his ruthless raids
on livestock, he is often admired for
his uncanny ability to overcome mans
attempt to outwit him.
Some may continue to think he keeps
hordes of rabbits and rodents at bay,
no matter what the scientists say, and
others may rightly conclude that he is
more of liability than an asset in
ranching country. But Mister Coyote
will keep right on matching wits with
the angry owners of his livestock BAN
quet, bowling for friendly wilderness
lovers and getting about half his living
off the Independent little rodents against
whose numbers he can't win.
that it is unnecessary to try to change
the impression 1t was also noted that
the size of coyote litters and the num-
Der of young that reached maturity
were greater when rabbit numbers
we're high, but that families were
small and few of the young survived
in times of rabbit scarcity.
Diet Benefits Man
In summary Mr. Sperry makes the
following observations: 1.-The rabbits,
rodents, and carrion eaten-totaling
about 76 per cent of the entire food
and the insects, vegetable matter, and
miscellaneous mammals-about per
cent in all-represent that part of the
food of 8,26S coyotes examined the TAX
ing of which may be construed as not
inimical to human interests. AS a mat
ter of fact there is every reason to
conclude that the coyotes consumption
of this four-fifths of their diet benefits
man.
In the West, rabbits often are classi-
fed as pests, rarely as game, and their
destruction by coyotes is considered
beneficial to man. Although rodents are
not universally harmful. as a group they
may be considered an economic hazard.
The presence of carrion is hazardous
to the livestock industry, or perhaps
even health risk to man himself, SO
the coyotes role as a scavenger is in
its favor"
Montana farmer-stockman., 1954-10-15

the state line.