Excerpt from Stock-Poisoning Plants of the RangeAs a factor to aid in the conservation of food, this bulletin has been prepared with a view to assisting in the ready recognition of the plants which are most to be feared, and with brief suggestions, by following which losses can be largely reduced.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a repro...
Excerpt from Stock-Poisoning Plants of the RangeAs a factor to aid in the conservation of food, this bulletin has been prepared with a view to assisting in the ready recognition of the plants which are most to be feared, and with brief suggestions, by following which losses can be largely reduced.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a repro...
Excerpt from Stagger Grass (Chrosperma Muscætoxicum) As a Poisonous PlantThis plant is a narcotic poison, and is employed in some families for destroy ing the house¿y. The bulbs are triturated and mixed with molasses or honey and the preparation is Spread upon plates-and placed in parts of the house most effected. The ¿ies are soon attracted, and the poison takes effect while they are sipping it.' They are perceived to stand unsteadily, totter...
Preliminary List of Deep Water Crustacea in Green Lake is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1891.Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques onl...
Excerpt from The Mexican Whorled Milkweed (Asclepias Mexicana) As a Poisonous PlantTable 1, -4 - Summary of feeding experiments with Asclepias mexicana (air-dried plant fed with balling gun, no remedies used).About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology...
Excerpt from The Mexican Whorled Milkweed (Asclepias Mexicana) As a Poisonous PlantTable 1, -4 - Summary of feeding experiments with Asclepias mexicana (air-dried plant fed with balling gun, no remedies used).About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology...
Excerpt from The Meadow Death Camas (Zygadenus Venenosus) As a Poisonous PlantZ. Venenosus is about equally toxic, with grassy death camas (z gramineus), and these plants are three times as toxic as the Great Basin foothill death camas (z. Paniculatus) and seven times as toxic as the mountain death camas _(z. Elegans).About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.c...
Excerpt from The Woolly-Pod Milkweed (Asclepias Eriocarpa) As a Poisonous PlantOf the two head of cattle used, No. 938 was made very sick on pound per hundredweight of animal, and N o. 928 Showed Symptoms on pound. It appears that, compared with the weight of animal, the dosage of cattle was practically the same as that of sheep.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgo...
Excerpt from Cockleburs (Species of Xanthium) As Poisonous PlantsGoff, 1894, makes the following statement: It has been said that the plant is poisonous to cattle, but this is probably a mistake. It is at least known that cattle sometimes eat sparingly of it without serious results.Maiden, 1895, speaking of the Xanthium spinosum, which in some localities is known as Bathurst bur, quotes Doctors Bancroft and Goff, but adds nothing to preceding ...
Excerpt from Western Sneezeweed (Helenium Hoopesii) As a Poisonous PlantIt is said to be poisonous like other species of the genus. Sheep carefully avoid it, feeding on the grass and other herbaceous plants, leaving the plant standing.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses s...
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve ...
Excerpt from Cockleburs (Species of Xanthium) As Poisonous PlantsGoff, 1894, makes the following statement: It has been said that the plant is poisonous to cattle, but this is probably a mistake. It is at least known that cattle sometimes eat sparingly of it without serious results.Maiden, 1895, speaking of the Xanthium spinosum, which in some localities is known as Bathurst bur, quotes Doctors Bancroft and Goff, but adds nothing to preceding ...
Excerpt from Nuttall's Death Camas (Zygadenus Nuttallii) As a Poisonous PlantThe matter was of great interest because this was the first and only report to the Department of Agriculture of losses from this plant, although it is now well known that the species of Zygadenus growing in the West have occasioned heavy losses of livestock. It seemed a matter of some importance that the plant should be investigated experimentally, and arrangements we...
Excerpt from Nuttall's Death Camas (Zygadenus Nuttallii) As a Poisonous PlantThe matter was of great interest because this was the first and only report to the Department of Agriculture of losses from this plant, although it is now well known that the species of Zygadenus growing in the West have occasioned heavy losses of livestock. It seemed a matter of some importance that the plant should be investigated experimentally, and arrangements we...
Excerpt from Western Sneezeweed (Helenium Hoopesii) As a Poisonous PlantIt is said to be poisonous like other species of the genus. Sheep carefully avoid it, feeding on the grass and other herbaceous plants, leaving the plant standing.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses s...
