Show Cockle cocklebur bir plants found poisonous to all stock cocklebur plants are poisonous to swine cattle sheep and chickens according to the united states department of 0 agriculture this weed has haa long been suspected but many persons persona thought that deaths reported from this cause were produced by the mechanical of the burs bare rather than by the toxic effect of the plant while the buns buis may produce some mechanical injury and while the seeds are very poisonous 1 stock poisoning the department m ent says Is caused by feeding on the very young plants before the development of true leaves to avoid losses from this cause the roost mat important thing Is to prevent the adji animals mals from eating the weed if there is a shortage of good farage they may eat enough of the young cockle burs bun to cause serious results feeding milk to pigs immediately after they have eaten the weed has proved beneficial probably because of the fat at content good results also may be expected by feeding them bacon baco graae wd lard or linseed oll OIL |