Show cocklebur plant Is poisonous to stock most important to prevent animals eating weeds i prepared by the united states department of agriculture cultura cul cocklebur plants are polson oiin oui to swine cuttle cattle sheep anil and chickens according to the experimental find loga logs of the lie united states department of agriculture for a long time ciany people have been convinced of tile poisonous properties of cockle bura when eaten by live alvo stock but tills this belief wua was not shared in by everybody some contending that tho the deaths reported duo due to cockleburs cockle burs were caused by tile mechanical action of the burs rather than by tiny any toxic effect 0 ot f tile the plant A series of experiments curried carried on by the department in the alie years 1820 1020 1021 1022 and 1028 to determine the vols poisonous onous character of cockleburs cockle burs Is the hie basis baals of a report just issued its as Depart ident bulletin 1274 in which I 1 it Is concluded that the cocklebur plant Is poisonous to swine cattle sheep and chickens there were in n nil 11 07 67 experiments with swine 11 with sheep 12 with cattle and 10 with chickens to avoid the losses the most important tiling thing Is to prevent the ani mals from eating the weed says tho the department if there Is a shortage of good forage and animals find the young cocklebur plants they may easily en cat I 1 enough to cause serious re suits stilts feeding millir toi to pigs immediately after they awre hh eaten cockle burs lias has proved to he probably because of the fat content successful results result may bo be expected also wa ten such oils and fats as bacon grease lard and linseed oil wo used as remedies while the burs may produce some mechanical injury and while the seeds seede are very poisonous stock poisoning the department conc conclude lud Is caused by fe feeding etling on the very young plants before the development of true leaves A copy of tills this bulletin may be had upon request a its a long na as the supply lasta from rom the united states department of agriculture washington D 0 |