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rung Plants of Montana," by V, K. Chestnut 

 : 



"The number of cattle poisoned by water-hemlock in Mon- 



luring 190* , so far as conclusive evidence could be obtained, 



d of these thirty died. About one hundred and 



e poisoned by it the same year, eighty of which 



The percentage of fatal cases, therefore, is very large, 



being 76 per rent with sheep and 83 per cent with cattle. 



" Permanganate of potash should be promptly administered, 

 as previous!? recommended for poisoning by other plants. 



" In cv here large quantities of the plant, especially the 



root, are eaten, death results so quickly .that remedial measures 



plied." 



The herders usually consider all plants belonging to this 

 family as good forage for sheep, and are particularly strong in 

 their praises for some of them. When they are asked whether a 

 certain plant makes good feed, they immediately break off a piece 

 of it. rub it in their fingers, smell it, and then pronounce it good 

 or bad according to its smell, 



WILD CARAWAY. 

 {Ataenia gairdneri H. & A.) 



The wild caraway grows from one to three feet high, with a 

 solid, thick, tapering root, about one inch long, a few parted 

 leaves and clusters of white flowers on the ends of the stems. 

 On the hillsides in the region of Webber Lake, this plant was 

 very abundant, sometimes forming large, dense white patches 

 covering the ground. When a band of sheep comes to one of 

 these patches every plant is eaten off clean. The herders con- 

 sider it a valuable plant. 



LOVAGE WILD PARSLEY. 



{Ligusticum apiifolium, (Nutt) Gray.) 



A rather stout plant, from two to three feet high, with a 

 thick, fibrous growth at the base, and many strong roots. The 

 leaves are plentiful and finely divided, and the white flowers are 



