']|H> inclosed information ig given out by the Forest Service in 



idim-ie- with the provision of law to the following effect: 

 "That no part of this appropriation shall be paid or used for 

 the purpose of paying for, in whole or in part, the preparation 

 (>r publication of any newspaper or magazine article, but this 

 shall not prevent the giving out to all persons without discrimi- 

 i , including newsparter and magazine writers and publishers, 

 ,y facts or official information of value to the public." 



Forest Service will be glad to see a marked copy of any 

 paper in which this information may appear. By pasting the 

 attached frank on the wrapper the paper can be mailed without 

 stamp. 



Form 386 

 PRINTED 



FOREST SERVICE. 



U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Official Business. 



Penalty for Private Use, $300. 



THE FORESTER, 



Forest Service, 



(Marked Copy) WASHINGTON, D. C. 



The stockmen grazing their cattle on the Natlor^O- -For 

 ests in tho outline t, especially in Colorado and Esw Ifey.loo, 

 hp.ve suffered serious IOE-SSP during the present suaunar through 

 the cattle eating oak leaTos* 







In that section of the country the season has been 

 ur.usually dry and grass extrc^i.y 3*ro*> f i:o slzo out the scanty 

 forage supply, the cattle have "browned, heavily on the scrufc o 

 whrloh coTers large portions of the range. Ordinarily the 

 dee a not browse much on the oak a.ad the little they do get 

 irltb the other food, 'is r..ot injurious, but ^h<m, as ir, the p 

 season, the ca-k browse furnishes a largo proportion of tha daily 

 feed of the cattlo, the results are serious. 



r .?k? o-*k leaves and sprouts contain a large per -?.rv!,ag3 

 of tannlo acid. The action of tMi acid en the s ton?- oh is ex- 

 treac-ly tajurlwti e-nd the lo-ses have been unurually gwTtr,?. 

 The s^rpto-s of the di^asa arc star ing eye a- feverish and blis- 

 tered lips and n.osr f the animal ceases to graze or seeV for food, 

 standing in one P 3ace for hours at a time. The coat becomes rough 



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