CIS .ISAF ^ 



CATTL33 IN SOUTHWEST 



The stockmen grazing their cattle on the Nati 

 ests in tko routlr^esty especially in Colorado and K? 

 hr.ve suffered serious IOESSP during the pro sent summer through 



the cattle eating oak leaves e 







In that section of the country the sea con has "been 

 unusually dry arid grass extroTr.sIy scarce. '.Co B!ZQ out the scanty 

 forage supply, the cattle have "brovssd. hee.vily on the scrub oaTc 

 v/hloh coTei-s large portions of the ra,r.ge . Crdi^arily the stocj'fc 

 dc. !?n not browse much en the cak a.ad the little they do get. tajc^n 

 with the otLer food, 'is rot injurious, but wh^i, as in the prfcc-snt 

 sps,^on : the ca.t "browse furnishas a large proportion of the dr-ily 

 food cf the cattlo, the results are serious. 



r :.'ke oak leaves and sprouts contain a large per^.ntage 

 of tannio acid* The action of tliic acid on the s torn oh is ex- 

 tresir-ly :.r. vurf.ous and the looses have "been unr.?uaily ScsTtrf?. 

 The s^.pto?;.^, cf the disease arc staring eye:4 r feverish and blis- 

 tered lips -uc 1 . noflr, the animal ceases to gr?.ze or seek for food, 

 standing in one p3ace for hours at a time. The coat becomes rough 



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