40 HAY AND FODDER. 



the time the hay is cut. One man, spoken of by Chesnut 

 and Wilcox, used hay cut from a low meadow as winter 

 feed for sheep. At the first feeding many of them be- 

 came sick, and the rest of the hay could not be used. Con- 

 siderable amounts of Swamp Camas were found in the 

 hay, and no other poisonous plants were present. In an- 

 other case six cattle were pastured on low, wet ground 

 and two of them died. The symptoms were practically 

 identical with those caused by Death Camas, and quanti- 

 ties of Swamp Camas were found in the stomachs. 



Swamp Camas resembles Death Camas except that it 

 is considerably larger and coarser, and grows in more 

 The Plant swam Py situations. As stated above, the ef- 

 fects produced by the two species are iden- 

 tical. This plant is probably more dangerous in hay than 

 Death Camas, because it is larger and forms a greater 

 proportion of the feed. 



PEA FAMILY Leguminosae. 

 LUPINES Lupinus spj>. 



Other Common Names: Wild Pea, Wild Bean, Blue 

 Pea, Blue Bean, Pea Vine. 



In the west, where Lupines are very plentiful, their 

 misuse as pasture and hay has been the cause of im- 

 mense losses. Chesnut and Wilcox have 

 Examples and enumerated a long list of casualties in 



( auditions of ,, _- 



Poisoning Montana. Two hundred sheep were being 



moved, and were allowed to feed on a 

 patch of Lupine. By next morning one hundred of the 

 band were dead. Lupine hay was fed to one hundred and 

 fifty bucks and as a result of one feed ninety died. Three 

 two-year-old colts were fed ordinary hay most of the win- 

 ter and then ate Lupine hay for two days, when all died. 



