Show Stockmen Warned Wild Bean Is Sheep Sheep Killer I i I I The wild bean found on ranges or of the 1 west nest cst Is poisonous to stock If Ife e eaten t n during luring the tho latt latter r portion ot of August and the tho beginning of ot Sem- Sem Sem wh when n the bean is still In Inthe Inthe Inthe the pod In formation to this effect was received today by Assistant DI District Forester C C N Ij Woods In Sn charge ot of the department of operation In dis- dis dis fOll rand formerly in charge or of the of ot grazing grazine la a aletter aletter letter from Dr C D P Marsh ph 8 headquarters Washington P D C For some years vears ears past stockmen sheep sheel through a drive on the tho San Sa Sawtooth tooth national forest In Idu- Idu Ida Idaho ho have base been reporting losses due tie the animals l being poisoned by 1 eating some Rome kind ot of o forage The contents of o the Ule stomachs ot of h eJ that had died were sent to Washington and It was ered that the tho sheep sheel had eaten wheat wheatgrass wheatgrass heat grass gras sage Hage Oregon grape blue blue- bluebell bluebell bluebell bell knot weed need young aspen bal bal- balsam bal balsam sam am and lodge pole polo pine trees none ot of which were found to be poison polson poisonous poisonous ous to them The They had also alo eaten bo boweter e eer er will wild 1101 bean and It was found that when the bean and pod pol sere ere consumed at a 0 a time when the bean was nas In the pod the result as aas disastrous The bean is Iq found In Inthe Inthe the tho pod during about three weeks In the latter part ot of o August and In Inthe Inthe the the- he earl early part of September Neither either the bean nor the pod seems to lie be poisonous when eaten tiler the they have bate e naturally separated ted ed |