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livelihood, the result being that some animals and poultry suffer to a 

 greater extent than at other times. I do not think that timber wolves 

 are as destructive as they were some years ago, owing to being fewer in 

 number, neither do I think that there are as many coyotes as formerly. 

 The statistics as to losses are not available. 



4. Stockmen's associations have been offering a bounty independent 

 of the bounty offered by the Government ; this applies more particularly 

 to a bounty on timber wolves. 



The following letters which I have received indicate the 

 loss and expense caused by the depredations of coyotes in 

 Alberta: 



Mr. W. E. Ross, Clive, Alta., writes: "I lost 8 calves out of 55 and had 

 to build a fence around two acres to take in the houses with a chicken- 

 proof fence to raise chickens." 



Mr. Alex. Lewis, Bon Accord, Alta., writes: "I have lived in Edmonton 

 for over 20 years. The past three years I was troubled with coyotes. 

 I had to keep one of the children with them [the sheep] when they were 

 on the range. I did not lose more than one or two by coyotes. The 

 last two years (1916-17) the coyotes have again started to devour them. 

 Last summer (1917) I lost at least $150.00 worth of lambs by coyotes. 

 And every year since I lived on my homestead we have lost poultry, 

 sometimes an old turkey and her whole flock of young ; we have lost as 

 many as 50 hens and chickens in a season. I have just completed my 

 sheep pasture by fencing with a 14-line wire. I had to act as shepherd 

 last summer and stay with the sheep whenever they were in the pasture. 

 I have lived 17 years on my homestead and I am certain that my loss 

 in that time would exceed $500.00, besides the expense of fencing and 

 watching." 



Saskatchewan. — On account of the menace to the Uve- 

 stock interests of the province, the provincial government 

 has endeavoured by means of the bounty system to encour- 

 age the destruction of wolves and coyotes. In response to 

 my inquiries Mr. F. H. Auld, deputy minister of agriculture 

 for Saskatchewan, has furnished me with the following in- 

 formation on the control of coyotes and wolves in Sas- 

 katchewan: 



Your letter of the 20th ultimo, having reference to the control of wolves 

 and coyotes, is hereby acknowledged. 



