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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



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DEPARTMENT BULLETIN No. 1245 







Washington, D. C. 



Issued December 22, 1924 

 Reused October. 1929 



STOCK-POISONING PLANTS 

 OF THE RANGE 



By 



C. D. MARSH, Physiologist 



In Charge of Investigations of Stock Poisoning by Plants, 



Pathological Division, Bureau of Animal Industry 



CONTENTS 



Page 



Prefatory Note 1 



Introduction 2 



The Grass Family 5 



Tbe Arrow-Grass Family 7 



The Lily Family 7 



The Beech Family 10 



The Goosefoot Family 11 



The Crowfoot Family 11 



The Rose Family 21 



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The Pulse Family 22 



The Buckthorn Family 44 



The Parsley Family 46 



Th 2 Heath Family 48 



The Milkweed Family 54 



The Nightshade or Potato Family 59 



The Aster Family 59 



The Fern Family 69 



Prevention of Losses 70 



For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, Washington, D. C. - - - - - Price 35 cents 



