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in times of short feed that the stock coininoiily contract the habit of loco 

 feeding. Feeding hay during this period will prevent many animals 

 from acquiring the habit. On some ranges the loco weeds have a rather 

 definitely limited distribution; in such cases, if kept away from the 

 infested areas until the grass is started, few of the stock become locoed. 



VIII. Summary, 



(1) The purple loco and the white loco weeds produce the loco disease. 

 The former is the most poisonous, but it affects horses almost exclusively, 

 because other animals do not eat it. The latter is eaten by cattle and 

 sheep, as well as by horses, and produces the disease in all of these animals. 



(2) Barium is found in many loco plants, and its connection with the 

 poisonous effects is still under investigation. 



(3) Other leguminous plants in Arizona, New Mexico, and California, 

 locally known as "rattleweeds," produce the same symptoms as the purple 

 and the white loco weeds and are supposed to contain the same poisonous 

 substance. 



(4) Locoed animals may recover under careful feeding, but the cure 

 is hastened by the use of Fowler's solution for horses and strychnine for 

 cattle. 



(5) The purple and the white loco w^eeds may be eliminated from 

 fenced pastures, and provided the crown of buds is cut off they will not 

 grow from the roots. 



(6) In some localities much can be accomplished in the way of pre- 

 venting loco poisoning by feeding horses, cattle, and sheep during periods 

 of short feed and by keeping the stock away from infested areas. 



HEAD OF REDCAP COCK. 



HEAD UF AMICRICAN DOAUNIQUE, MALE. 



