LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 13 



ORCHARD GRASS (DACTYLIS GLOMERATA) 239 



TIMOTHY (PHLEUM PRATENSE) 239 



RED TOP (AGROSTIS ALBA) 240 



HUNGARIAN BROME GRASS (BROMUS INERMIS) 241 



WOOLLY OR PURPLE Loco (ASTRAGALUS MOLLISSIMUS), IN COLORS,, 



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WHITE Loco OR RATTLE WEED IN FLOWER (ARAGALLUS LAMBERTI) . . 257 



Loco ON THE RANGE NEAR ALBUQUERQUE, N. M 258 



A LOCOED ANIMAL WILL STEP HIGH OVER ANYTHING EVEN A ROPE 



OR A TRAIL 260 



A TYPICAL LOCOED ANIMAL 261 



PURPLE LARKSPUR (DELPHINIUM BICOLOR), IN COLORS .Facing page 264 



DEATH CAMAS (ZYGADENUS VENENOSUS)., IN COLORS .. .Facing page 266 



WATER HEMLOCCK (CICUTA VAGANS), IN COLORS Facing page 267 



ACONITE (ACONITUM COLUMBIANUM), MONK'S HOOD, IN COLORS, 



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PORTION OF A STEER'S HIDE,, SHOWING THE TEXAS-FEVER TICK 295 



DORSAL AND VENTRAL VIEWS OF THE TEXAS-FEVER TICK 299 



DIPPING CATTLE IN OKLAHOMA FOR TEXAS-FEVER TICKS 302 



AFTER BEING DIPPED, THE SHEEP PASS THROUGH A DRIPPING PEN 



AT THE END 307 



THE HEEL FLY (HYPORDERMA LINEATA) 322 



A BOGGED DOWN Cow OVERLOOKED BY THE "Boo RIDERS" 323 



THE CAMP OF Two GOVERNMENT HUNTERS IN THE BOISE NATIONAL 



FOREST 328 



A COYOTE IN A TRAP 329 



"THE LION is DIFFICULT TO TRAP BUT EASY TO CAPTURE WITH 



HOUNDS" 331 



A PRAIRIE DOG MOUND IN AN ALFALFA FIELD 341 



NOTE THE NOSE MARKS MADE IN THE WET SOIL WHEN TJHE PRAIRIE 



DOGS REPAIR THEIR MOUNDS 341 



DISTRIBUTING PRAIRIE DOG POISON 345 



AN AWKWARD WAY TO MOUNT 352 



THE PROPER WAY TO MOUNT "READY TO SWING INTO THE SADDLE". 353 



THE Low HORN TEXAS TREE,, WEIGHT, 40 POUNDS 355 



THE SWELLED FORK TREE 355 



THE MCCLELLAN SADDLE 356 



THE CALIFORNIA SADDLE 356 



SPANISH BITS 358 



SPURS 362 



THE FIRST STEP IN HOBBLING 363 



THE SECOND AND THIRD STEP IN HOBBLING 364 



PACK SADDLES 366 



THE HITCH 371, 372 



PACK POCKETS 374 



A FIRST-CLASS JOB OF PACKING 365 



PACKING DOWN A MOUNTAIN SIDE 367 



A HANDY BED PACK, SOMETIMES CALLED THE "OREGON WIND" 369 



