Show EXPERT IN III THE FOREST FORESi Ivar Making hives Investigation Investigation of Poisonous Plants on Grazing Land Special to The Herald Washington Sept 15 Ivar of the forest foret service working under the thin direction of Prof C D Marsh of ot the bu bureau bureau bureau reau of plant industry has reported that excellent progress has been made in the important investigations of poisonous plants on the grazing land in the Manti national forest in Utah The improvement of ot the western range by b the government Is being followed closely by over the west est and these those investigations of the poisonous plants are considered as important Import nt as the tho experiments on the ranges and the other work which is being carried on by the forest service for the Improvement of the forage The loss of stock from poi pot poisonous poisonous plants Is 1 very heavy in some local and stockmen have laave been known to lose as much as 70 per cent of their herd i In a year The usual loss Joss In regions where poisonous plants grow however is esti estimated mated to be from 5 to 25 per nt a year y r Mr Plan Mr is collecting specimens of all plants growing upon poi poisonous poisonous poisonous areat studying their properties and trying to find out the best way wa to eradicate or check the growth of the tho dan dangerous dangerous dangerous plants plantz If It the poisonous plants can be checked useful forage plants will take their place Little is known about the method of ot fighting the growth of these poisonous plants and the lack of sufficient and re ye liable information along these lines JInes has been heen felt for years year by all of the western stockmen The forest service does not in tend to stop until it has obtained full knowledge of the plants which have hae given trouble to the users of or the national for forests or orests ests eats and the stock owners throughout the west |