.'{()() Yearbook of the /'< /»trf //>< »/ of Agriculture, 1920. 



Money in Ihe National Pocket. 

 The sale of skins taken by the Federal hunters has enabled 

 the Biological Survey to turn in to the United States Treas- 

 ury in the five years ended June 30, L920, $240,423.0:?. Esti- 

 mates based on information supplied during the last year by 

 fanners and stockmen indicate that the destruction of the ap- 

 proximately 50,000 predatory animals under the direction of 

 the Survey resulted in a savin*: of live stock for the year 

 valued at about $6,000,000, calculated on prices prevailing 



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Evidence That Uncle Sam's Hunters Get Results. 

 Each hunter reports his day's catch and scuds to the Biological Survey 

 Inspector in charge the pelts or scalps of all animals taken. The salvage of 

 skins having fur value, which are sold at public auction, has already netted 

 the United States Treasury over $240,000. 



during the period. The killing of these long-lived predatory 

 animals also results in a saving which is cumulative from 

 year to year. Elimination of predatory animals is saving on 

 the pasture ranges for development to marketable age a 

 great number of cattle, sheep, colts, pigs, and poultry, which 

 formerly fell prey to these animals. This work has so en- 

 couraged the live-stock men that they are adding to their 

 flocks and herds as forage for additional animals is provided 

 by the eradication of such range-destroying rodents as prai- 

 rie dogs, ground squirrels, and related pests. 



WASHINGTON : GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1801 



