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lebur. — The oocklebur I Xanthium strtmaarium 1. i has bad many 



death among swine attributed to it. The injuriousness may 



le in the numerous barbed bristles that Burround the seed, and 



when the burs are eaten they beoome oompaoted in the intestines 



similar to Hungarian grass with its matured awns, or the ripened 



husks of crimson clover when eaten by horses. 



There are, however, instances upon record which indicate that, in 



addition to the impaction in the stomach, the oocklebur ^rt'A has 

 strictly poisonous properties, reducing the action of the heart and 

 causing death. At best, the oocklebur has no merit, it being a mis- 

 erable, coarse weed, often covering neglected land to the exclusion of 

 other vegetation, and should not he tolerated. 



• i. — The water hemlock (<'i<-utn maculata I..', treated upon 

 1. when growing in the pasture, may lie eaten by live stock, 

 cattle and horses in particular, and cause serious sickness, and even 

 death. It should be removed from such land by pulling the roots, 

 or else the live stock prevented from getting to the poisonous plants. 

 It is alleged that animals may be injured by drinking marsh water 

 when the Cicuta abounds. Sickened animals are relieved by doses of 

 melted lard, which retard the action of the poison. 



-Recently the sickness of a herd of cattle was 

 traced to the feeding of a quantity of potatoes that had been exposed 

 to sunlight and were greened. 



-The sneezeweed //• ■ '■■nn autumnale I..) is a common 

 plant of moist ground throughout the State, and it frequently prisons 

 live stock and may prove fatal. 



-. — The juniper Virgimana L I 



may poison uoats. which browse upon it. Seeds of sorrel /,' 



tella I..) are said to poison horses and sheep, and parsley 

 (Petrose' I.. > is sometimes injurious to bird-, a- also the 



berries of the trailing mahonia (Ber^ Uifolium I'ursh. ) Buck- 



wheat straw - unwholesome, and the roots of hedge 



bindweed | ( I., quite poisonous to swine. The 



L excites the salivary glands in 

 horses, and the same is true of white and ahnke clov 



Ergot. 



.r.- poisonous to live stock, and in this respect 

 the ergots are particularly to be noted. They are fungi ( 

 that infest the heads of grain- and many grasses and c 



