Show LOPIS LUP INES ESKILL KILL SHEEP IN SUMMER salt lake city tie the principal cause so of the losses of sheep from poisonous ous plants in late sur summer niner are arc plants known as lugines lupines which go wn un tier it number of popular names perhaps more comm commonly only called in tile the west blue beans the lul lugines lupines thies grow glow ili hi masses on many funny of our mountain ranges and tire lire particularly dangerous at the time when the pods tire are formed shoop sheep may graze upon lupinek lupines in tile early eaily part of the season with no liann harm although there tire are occasional losses from enting eating lupine leaves whenever however sheep eat cat any polls considerably tern hl a quantity of the pods I 1 lesi ilta italy follow there hie been many case where from one to t five alve or six hundred sheep bave bae been lost fit at ono on time especial care should be taken hy by sheep men that during the reason when the lugines lupines Is in pod the alie animals should not graze glaze upon lupino lupine patches s at times lines when they lire are ery hungry losses soni etin I 1 es occur lift or cr sheep have been shipped hy by railroad and are aie turned loose ili n it a half famished condition upon this plant plan occasionally also in the late file fall losses fosses occur when alie sheep feed upon the dry pods if herders gerders can be taught to recognize the plant find handle the bands with care the losses lo 10 ases from lugines lupines may bel 10 very largely reduced if not entirely done away awny with in a year henr when it Is all important that our meat supply should be coti conserved served in the most corn manner possible especial car care e should be taken to see that there are n no 0 lo 10 losses sacs froni from these plants an extended bulletin bul lethi on tile subject of lugines lupines lias hns been becu published by the U S department of agriculture in fix which lire are descriptions of the plant and symptoms produced in animals tills this publication bulletin no ot of the U S department of agriculture can be obtained by a request to the U S department of agriculture washington D C |