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Show Few Larkspur Losses in the Fall. As in the preceding years, the losses loss-es of cattle from larkspur on the ranges of the west have this summer been quite heavy, and in some regions the cattlemen have been considerably agitated because of those losses. As pointed out in the bulletins of the U. S. department of agriculture, these losses loss-es might have been greatly reduced by proper management of the range and of the cattle upon them. It should be remembered, however, that these losses occur mainly in the early part of the season. After the larkspurs have blossomed they gradually grad-ually lose their poisonous properties and in the fall can be eaten by cattle with no danger. Exact dates cannot be given for the time when the larkspur lark-spur ceases to be injurious, but in general gen-eral it may be stated that when the plants have formed seedpods there is very little danger of cattle poisoning 'unless they eat the seeds, and as a matter of fact cattle do not ordinarily eat the seed poods to any considerable BXtGLlt. It perhaps should be emphasized also that horses and sheep are never poisoned by the larkspurs upon the range and that there is no danger from allowing these animals to feed freely on larkspur areas. |