Show CHOKE C 0 K E CHERRIES R n I 1 E S POISONING f r i a lz i 4 f 11 heavy losses on the manti national reserve worrying Flock masters and government expert experts alike large numbers of sheep have recently cenal been poisoned by eating choke cherry leaves while passing over a crivea driveway ay across part of the manti forest reserve and the government has taken steps to prevent further losses laws to the from this cause of the force on the forona bov tia will c operate with stock men in cutting out the thickets of choke cherry bushes where they grow most densely thus allowing the sheep to be hurried through them and in some cases the driveway will be changed no so as to avoid the thickets altogether when the sheep enter this driveway they are hungry after a long trip over public highways which form almost one continuous lane between v een cultivated fields they eat the the choke cherry leave leaves s ravenously though under ordinary conditions they w m oum hardly touch them the leaves contain prussic aid arid and when an examination was made of the stomachs achs of several of the dead sheep and they were found filled with the leaves the cause 0 of leath was as clearly established the range generally haa has deteriorated under unrestricted use and so the government ia is making im investigations under direction of F V coville botanist bureau of plant industry with a view to reading rea ding with better grass gr as poisonous plants such as the choke cherry are of often ten destructive to livestock and in this case dr C D FJar sli of the bureau of plant in industry is conducting A 4 study to detect poisonous plants and suggest means of eradicating them there are niso also heavy losses lowes from predatory animals but government hunters and trappers have been long busy reducing the number of mountain lions and timber wolves which do most of the damage da inage also there is the insignificant prairie dog which sr selects sects the choicest grassy bot bottoms for its operations stripe them to the soil and ploughs up the ground for its borrowa bur rowa they have zone gone after the prairie dog now and by the use of effective poison will soon put an end to this pest |