Show OA lEA LEAVES VES Kill CA CATTLE Th Tue grazing ll their 11 caW cattle caWon on the national forests In the tho south southwest west especially in Colorado anti and Ze New Mexico hate huo sum rc serious losses during the Plesent slimmer the cattle eatIng alln oak loaves Iii lint section of country the tho thoI hm has h been Cn unusually dr dry I grass 1 extremely scarce TO ro eke out the scanty supply time tho cattle browsed heavily on the scrub osk ok which covers la large rge portions of limo UIO runge Ordinarily Ih the does doCs browse much on the oak and the tho lit the the they do get taken ken with I he other food is not Injurious but when fiS n In InI Inthe the present season the oak I a large proportion of the tho toed d of tIme the cattle the results fi are re serious TIme The loaves and auth sprouts contain a lu large e percentage of acid The 1110 action of thIs acid on the tho stomach is extremely Injurious amid the losses lIa have e been unusually severe The of tIme the dIsease lse am starin staring feverIsh and blistered lips Hils amid nose the lie animal ceases to graze or orto orto to seek lot fOI food standing In one place fot hours at al a lime The coat be becomes becomes comes rough and the hall balm Is all turned time the war vay lii in of loco hoco 1015 Time Tho animal does nt chew its cud anti and In a short time lime It becomes too weak to lu remain on Oil Us Its feet feel atarI anti death I rapidly fo follows 1101 8 So far a Is known the tho only avail allI I able lou fur this is linseed oil gien as as at a hench In from 1 one to two quarts The oil all appears to the Injurious effects or of orI the tannic acid and if the disease Is I lIot advanced too far and anel the Ule animal I C II be furnished sufficient food so it I will not be forced tu to oat the tho oak It will geneall recover The rIme best method of course In iii handling time Is it if possible to got the tho cat cattle cattie tie tle away from the thc range where the ha oak is found anti them with I plenty of fresh green feed to bulk lip ill again |