Show I 1 I 1 POIS 0 ta oua PLANTS OF THE WESTERN WE stern RANGES RANCE ki PREPARED BY THE 1 I FIEZ US department 03 of agriculture v 4 t N ra TO ak waZ a V cx c X ACH year poisonous ki plants are re responsible B for large arso losses of live stock on the western ranges al thero Is a large lat of plants whose whoso poison poisonous ouk qualities might possibly do harm this annual loss la Is almost entirely the work ork of a very limited number if stockmen stoc kmen indeed would learn to recognize cognize ro without fail fall half a dozen of the more dangerous plants their stock would go through the year practically unharmed many stockmen already possess this knowledge but it Is also true that there are others who do not know ahat hat plants to avoid or where these enemies are most likely L to be found common nar names ribs such as loco weed and parsnip are used in a very indefinite way or these plants the or water hemlock fig 1 is the only one that ie Is dani dangerous erous to man it causes excessive frothing at the mouth gnashing of teeth pain and nausea which result in violent convulsions and even death it Is poisonous at any season but does rno meat zt of its damage in the spring and early summer for domestic animals there is no remedy but an emetic will mill frequently save roan man it grows from three to four feet in height with a white flower the root is the poisonous portion of tho the plant the locos are perhaps the most common of all the more poisonous plants there are many varieties but the one illustrated in figure 2 is one of the worst vorst it affects horses cattle and clel causing progressive emaciation which if liter ter a time varying from a few weeks to tn two a or three years may bring about starvation for the animal ceases ultimately either to eat or to drink P 7 V ile 4 X good food laxatives strychnine for cattle and fowlers Fow lera solution for horses are recommended as remedies all parts of the plant aro are poisonous it is from six inches larbes to a foot in height with flowers that vary from pure white to shades of purple and pink the larkspur on the other band hand affects only cattle there are aretino two common varieties the tall larkspur fig 3 and the tho low larkspur the tall larkspur grows from three to even seven feet ir hecht and the low from six inches to one and one half halt feet the rho flowers of both are violet blue and purple all parts of the plant are poisonous but after it has blossomed the poisonous properties are lost it Is most to bo be feared therefore in spring and early summer the first symptoms are repeated falling accompanied by such weakness akness Ae that the animal la Is unable to rise for some time alen on its feet it staggers nausea and vomiting come later and death from respiratory i paralysis is apt to be the outcome the affected animals should bo be kept still N with ith their heads up hill and h apo po injections of eserine and whisky hisky administered shep find the lupine particularly dangerous this plant fig 4 grow gros from one to t two w 0 f feet I 1 in n height with flower flowers ot of a light blue or blue violet all pods and seeds are poisonous in the late summer or fall sheep suffer ing from lupine poisoning show nervousness and weakness akness wr they become unduly sleepy and suffer from partial par paralysis allais and are ultimately taken convulsions which lead to death the ayr daub or death camas pis wk 01 5 lu Is also particularly dang crous ous to tu sheep betit but it affects horses and cattie cattle 1 as well all parts of the plant are poisonous but the seed especially so frothing at the mouth vomiting trembling with mith spasmodic gasping for breath aro am symptoms symptom a of this poisoning it Is not unusual for or the guinal to lie ile for days before death rol levea leyes it the color of the floe flone Is gle greenish enish yellow the plant growing from four inches to one and one bat feet in height if it stockmen will familiarize themselves with iab the appearance oc of these plants and nith alth the tho symptoms that they cause it Is to believed that they can safeguard rafe guard their herds from them without serious difficulty bulletins bulletin 9 describing in detail some of cd the plants plant 13 bavo already been issued by the united states of agrical ture and wll vil lf I 1 li q sent free ree on an application while ale the departments supply lasts the plants already described are those which it Is most necessary to aid |