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fully the bulletin mentioned would be extremely inter- 

 esting as giving the experience of practical experts in 

 handling this trouble. 



Of course to the open-range stockman, apart from 

 saving his saddle horses, it looks as if there was at 

 present no help for him. To gather and dose large 

 numbers of locoed range stock for two or three months 

 would be too expensive and in most cases, owing to 

 the nature of the animals, wholly out of the question. 

 The only solution of their troubles is some sort of Gov- 

 ernment control whereby they may be guaranteed a 

 certain range, exclusively, for a period of years. When 

 this is done each man can easily afford to undertake 

 to clean out the loco from his own range and thus be 

 freed from the losses caused by the plant. 



Larkspurs. Symptoms : Similar to aconite poisoning. 

 The animal walks with a stiff, awkward, straddling gait, 

 often walking backward, and falling down repeatedly; 

 is very stiff and clumsy and finally, in the extreme 

 stages, falls to the ground in violent spasms, with con- 

 vulsive kicking. 



Remedies : Hurrying or moving the animals increases 

 the effect of the poison, and they should not be disturbed, 

 except that the head may be placed higher than the body, 

 which prevents choking. 



A strong drench to move the bowels will often save 

 an animal. Frequently bloating accompanies the trou- 

 ble, which is relieved by paunching (page 254), in fact 

 the' writer believes bloat causes death in this trouble as 

 often as the poison itself. 



Dr. Marsh* who has studied this plant carefully, rec- 



*Farmers' bulletin No. 531 Dept. Agriculture. 



