Show STOCK POISONOUS PLANTS KILL RANGE STOCK Wre prepared Irp Pared rd by the united states department of i among tit the 0 tunny many anxieties of the range stockman not tile lie least lg Is the worry occasioned by the lie presence of a grent variety of plants poisonous to cattle tind and sheep cheep the problem of reducing the losses from froin tilts tills cause ling baa bern been of concern to the tie states in III that region und and of the united states department of agriculture live devoted much attention to ind find ing the lie barlous plants responsible for the losses describing them and suggesting practices that will protect the industry no exact figures are available as to the number of anlin animals als lost each year through tills cause but there hero Is evidence that the drain Is heavy probably us its much as 3 to 5 per cent estimates tire are that stockmen stoc kmen in colorado done alone lose a million dollars annually na as a result of plant polso poisoning nIng sheep men in wyoming believe their losses from the lie same cause are nearly 15 per cent most of the ani animals nials being mature ones which represent a large expenditure in ili their raising investigations show that although there are mail many poisonous plants most of the he ore are caused by a few species practically all tile the deaths of sheep and cattle from plant poisoning tire are caused by death canias cainas larkspurs lark spurs locos water hemlock laurels milk weeds western sneezeweed colorado rubber plant woody aster goIden goldenrod rod fern coyotillo coyotl llo wild cherry greasewood oak It lu pines ivines coffee hean bean and indian turnip some of these plants cause very heavy losses under tinder certain conditions and some of them are only occasionally eaten in dangerous quantities stockmen Stoc kmen may protect themselves from losses by studying these various P plants lariar so as to be able to recognize them the department la Is making investigations and has issued descriptions of a great ninny many of |