UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

 FOREST SERVICE 



'om the Forest Service, United States Department of Agriculture, 



San Francisco Office! 



| TREATMENT FOR STOCK PO IS 017 ING 

 P.ECOI,Z:ENTEP BY PLT/IRTLIENT OF AGRICULTURE 



Practical demonstrations in the treatment of cattle for 

 larkspur poisoning will be made by Forest officers on 10 or 12 dif- 

 ferent National Forests in the Rocky Mountain district this summer. 



e officers will be furnished with a standard equipment of syringes 

 and medicines, and subcutaneous injections of Physostigmin salicylate, 

 1 grain; Pilocarpin hydrochlorid, 2 grains; Strychnin sulphate, grai 



11 be used on animals weighing 500 to 600 Ibs , , doubling the d^se 

 for large steers and cows weighing 1,000 Ibs. or more. 



Experiments with this treatment, which is discussed in a 

 recent "Farmers 1 Bulletin 7 ' No. 531 of the U. S. Department of Agri- 

 culture, have shown have shown about 965^ of success and it is ex- 

 pected that stockmen will readily adept the method as its merits be- 

 come more generally known. 



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