798 SHEEP INDUSTEY OF THE UNITED STATES 



Section 16 provides that no person shall keep or herd sheep to the 

 number of ten or more at or within 2 miles of any city, town, or \dUage 

 in this State; that the act shall not prevent anyone from driving sheep 

 to market, etc.; that the act shall not apply to any person who owns 

 a stock ranch or farm within the above-described limits. 



The scalp bounty law is another favorable provision for the sheep- 

 men of the State. The amount of bounties paid out for wild animals' 

 scalps in 1890 was $24,781. The counties which received the largest 

 bounties were Arapahoe, Ea.gle, Garfield, Las Animas, Mesa, Eio 

 Blanco, and Eoutt. Each of these counties received about $1,000 or 

 more. 



The law provides that every person who shall kill a wolf or coyote 

 shall receive a premium of $1 for each such animal killed, and $10 for 

 every bear or mountain lion. Every person claiming such premium 

 shall produce the scalp, including the ears, entire, to the county treas- 

 urer of the county in which the animal was killed, within three months 

 after the killing. And such person shaU swear to the truth of his 

 statements. 



The county treasurer shall pay all premiums, and charge them up to 

 the State. He shall burn all scalps in the presence of a reputable wit- 

 ness. Heavy fines and penalties are imposed upon any person for 

 deception or otherwise trying to defraud the State. 



In some portions of tl^ State live stock at certain seasons of the 

 year become poisoned from eating the loco weed. The State has in force 

 for the eradication of the weed a law which went into effect in 1881, and 

 since then the State has paid out in premiums on loco weed certificates 

 the sum of $425,139.67. The least amount paid out in any one year was 

 in 1881, amounting to $6,597.39; the largest sum was in 1884, and was 

 $116,944.10. In 1890 the loco weed certificates only amounted to 

 $16,910.24. 



The loco law provides that any person who shall dig up, not less than 

 3 inches below the surface of the groimd, any loco weed during the 

 months of May, June, and July shall receive a premium of IJ cents per 

 pound for each pound of such weed dug up, the stipulation being made 

 that the weed shall be weighed when thoroughly dry. The claimant 

 when producing the weed must swear that it is loco weed, and was 

 dug up within the last two months. The county clerk must certify 

 to weight of weeds, and then bum them. All such premiums are 

 paid out of the State treasury. 



NOTES FROM PERSONAL EXPERIENCE. 



The following pages contain valuable information and pertinent point- 

 ers regarding the sheep industry of Colorado. It is the expression of 

 wool-growers in their own language, representing their views, experience, 

 or observation on various practical subjects relating to the business of 



