Bakersfield 688 California Condor Eben Dmchillan 21 may 1964 during the Course of her stay at this Lookout Station. At the Office of the Kern County Land Company in Bakersfield I was told by a Mr. Max Newboles that he would be glad to compile information on the average death loss of Cattle on their range throughout the year, but that at present he was short of help and therefore Not in a position to help me, but, that were I to go to the Office of Justinian Care, at K.C.L.Co. at Gossford feed lot and that he felt sure Mr. Care would be most happy to help me out in getting this information. At the Office of Production Credit association, in Bakersfield, I discussed the Percentage of death loss in cattle with Mr. Foster Webb, the assistant manager of this office. Mr. Foster Webb evidently did not want to divulge information as to the death losses in livestock for fear this information might be poor business ethics for he kept assuring me that with good management and modern Scientific information that death loss in Cattle was now practically Nothing; "Oh! maybe one-half of one percent," he said. When questioned regarding Foothill abortion, Larksport, Bloat, and Potassium Poisoning, all of which are Common on Certain Years in the foothills of Kern County, he evaded the issue by making it appear that these were specific Cases and could not be included in an average, or expected, death loss [illegible] Cattle. Joe Meglas, head bookkeeper for MTR Shop Company was not in his Office, but I was told to return again, on another date when Mr. Meglas would be in and that it was quite —