Show ACORN DIET PROVES FATAL seventy head of cattle on an one estate killed by eating fruit of oak pheasants thrive on them london during tho the past few days 70 cattle belonging to 1 bishop ot of haughton have died through eating acorns the cattle were grazing in a field in aqualais Aqua lats park staffordshire belonging to sir william william boughey where acorns were very plentiful the loss lose to mr bishop to la estimated at nearly 1000 several cows belonging to other farmers in the neighborhood have died from the same cause caum from the haaley on thames district where a number of cattle died through eating acorns further cases were reported one beast died and three were found dead in a field some miles distant an examination of one of then them revealed two bushels of acorns many farmers in south Oxford shire and buckinghan Bucking haq hamshire allire have cattle lying seriously 11 ah from tto the same cause while many cases of cattle dying have been reported recently notably from ahe newbury district of berkshire and the market drayton district of caule cattle jn 11 many Lany districts have died from eating acorns which are exceptionally tio nally plentiful this year in a few districts sheep also have suffered but on the other hand many farmers haye have found cattle and sheep have fattened on an dally daily rations of acorns it hap hai bem been found that the best beat method Is to let the cattle and sheep cheep lave have dally daily access to where there aro are acorin because the animals then matibe cat the as ai they fall and cannot devour too many or eat too quickly on the other hand it if there Is a already a store ot of acorns under the trees or it if excessive amounts of collected acorns are given to the cattle dig digestive troubles are at one once set up and in many cases the animals die it tu Is a curious fact in connection with NOW acorns ao an it a food for ducks which usually fatten rapidly on this food that this year they will not eat acorns the reason probably la is that tb the e acorns are of such euch an enormous size and this fact may also have some influence la in causing the trouble with the cattle although ducks will riot not eat cat acorns pheasants are eating them with unusual gusto and early in the morning one may see the spaces underneath der neath the oaks quite thick with pheasants phea ganta |