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gained steadily. On the 23d he was returned to the pasture and seemed 
to be recovered from his indisposition. His temperature was normal 
during the experiment. 
This bull received a second feeding of E. urticaefolium from January 
7 to 21, 1915. This was of dried material which was ground up and 
mixed with grain. In the 15 days of the experiment he ate 103 pounds 
of this material. It was found by tests that the plant loses in drying 
65 per cent, so that he ate an equivalent of 294.3 pounds of fresh plant. 
As the animal at this time weighed 760 pounds, this amounted to 387.2 
pounds of E. urticaefolium per 1,000 pounds of animal weight, and the 
average daily ration on this basis was 25.8 pounds. 
When this experiment was begun, the animal was very active. On 
October 15 he was rather dull, and on January 20 and 21 he was decidedly 
depressed and exhibited slight trembling. There were no further symp¬ 
toms. The temperature remained normal during the experiment. 
Cow 122.—This was a Jersey cow, 4 years old, that had been used as 
a milch cow during the preceding summer. She had been tested in the 
fall for tuberculosis and gave a positive reaction. At the time of the 
experiment she weighed 785 pounds. 
From December 15, 1914, to January 8,1915, she was fed on E. urticae¬ 
folium that had been collected and dried at Beecher City. This was fed 
with hay and grain. She received a total of 96 pounds, which would be 
equivalent to 274.3 pounds of fresh plant. On the basis of 1,000 pounds 
of animal weight, this cow received a total of 394.4 pounds, or an average 
daily ration of 14.1 pounds. 
Except for some constipation in the early days of the experiment, 
there were no ill effects from the feeding. Her temperature remained 
normal during the experiment and she weighed 790 pounds on January 7. 
Sheep 308.—A female spring lamb, weighing 80 pounds, was given 
E. urticaefolium from Beecher City on October 24,26, and 28,1914. None 
of that given on the 28th was eaten, and the total quantity eaten on the 
other days was 5 pounds. The animal was fed hay on October 25 and 
was later given what grain she would eat. The total quantity eaten was 
equivalent to 6.25 pounds per hundredweight of animal. In the forenoon 
of October 26 she exhibited a lack of appetite, eating nothing, and some 
mucus was running from the nose. At 3.30 p. m. she showed marked 
depression and was standing humped up, with the head held low, and 
brownish green material running from the mouth. When led about, she 
began to stagger and tremble, the trembling appearing first in the shoul¬ 
ders. When left alone, she lay down. In the forenoon of October 29 
she was found lying on the left side with legs extended. She was raised, 
but could not stand alone. She remained in this condition, growing 
gradually weaker through the 30th and died between 2 and 4 a. m. on 
October 31. 
