U. S. Department of Agriculture, 



Office of the Secretary, 

 Washington. I). C, February 0. 1901. 



]\Ir. President: I have the honor to transmit a prelimintuy report 

 on the poisonous plants of the stock ranges of Montana. This report 

 is the result of an investigation inidertaken by the Department of 

 Agriculture at the request of the State board of sheep commissioners. 

 It has an important bearing on the stock interests of Montana and 

 adjacent States, containing as it does not only a detailed account of the 

 investigations and experiments, but concise summaries of symptoms, 

 treatment, and remedies, which bring the results of the discoveries to 

 the point of practical application l)y stock owners. A report of this 

 character, which makes possible the saving of heavy annual losses to a 

 great industry, should be widely distributed among the people who 

 can profit by it. Under existing statute onh' a thousand copies could 

 be printed l)v this Department, and 1 have the honor to reconnuend. 

 therefore, that the report be transmitted to Congress, and that atten- 

 tion be called to the desirability of printing an edition sufficient to 

 permit at least five thousand copies to be distributed by tiie Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture. 



T have the honor to remain, Mr. President. 



Very respectfully, 



James ^^'ILSo^^ 



Seer'etan/. 



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