Whoelbd Milkweed 
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Fig-. 18 — Above: Milkweed plants sticking- above snow eaten off by hungry 
cattle. 
Fig. 19 — Below: Three dead animals as a result of eating the milkweed. 
1. The stockman should learn to know the plant and should 
determine if it is present where his stock graze, or in the hay he 
is feeding. Figure 20 shows a method of sign posting adopted 
by the State in its publicity and educational campaign on this 
plant. 
2. Hungry animals should be kept away from milkweed. 
3. If an infested area must be crossed, one of two things 
should be done. The milkweed may be cut off along the line of 
the drive and burned, or the stock may be well fed before cross- 
ing the area and the drive kept moving. The latter course does 
not insure against losses but it reduces the risk to a minimum. 
It is interesting to note that in the Montezuma Valley in the sum- 
