ARID AGRICULTURE. 



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SYMPTOMS 

 OP 



PARSNIP 

 POISONING 



LUPINE 



SYMPTOMS 

 OP 



LUPINOSIS 



banks and in wet meadows. It has an umbrella- 

 shaped top and looks something like the garden 

 parsnip. 



In the case of poisoning by this plant the 

 animal is thrown in convulsions and the most 

 excruciating pain. He will thrash his head upon 

 the ground ; the abdominal muscles will draw up 

 convulsively and there will be passage of blood 

 from the bowels and often with the urine. Only 

 one or two animals in a herd are poisoned at a 

 time. Treatment is not often effectual. The 

 remedy is prevention, by digging out the plants. 



This plant grows all over the West, by the 

 roadside, in the meadows, and on the sides of the 

 mountains. It grows one to three feet high and 

 has a bright blue flower. When it goes to seed 

 it has a pod which resembles the garden bean ; 

 hence the name "Buffalo bean." The only 

 part of the plant that is poisonous is the seed. 

 The plant is often cut for hay and makes most 

 excellent forage. The only thing to guard 

 against is that it be not cut after it has gone to 

 seed. Or, if it is cut for hay late in the season, 

 it should be harvested only after the pods have 

 broken open and the seeds have fallen to the 

 ground. 



The symptoms in sheep that have eaten tin- 

 seeds of lupine are unmistakable. The sheep 



