The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1914-11-11
CATTLE POISONED
by WEEDS IN
SAN ANOREAS
State College Reports Loss of
Over 100 Head of Stock as
Result of Growth Not YeJ
Identified.


state College, -. NJ. soy. lu.-Thc
statements received at the State coli
legc durlnE tine last few weeks &C.
gardils the number OF cattle Rilled
by an unknown cause just west 81 the
north end of the San Andreas noun
tainH Is nos at an exaggerated. The
most conservative estimate OF tine loss
ls about S. 600, as more than tOU head
have been seen dead boz an area Hoout
. miles wide and about 20 miles long
This strip of ,hc ruuge has long
been known GO be- dangerous and Old
Cattlcmcn say they know uf seeing
ever 1000 head OF cattle dead there
in the pas DO years but zap To- the
present time mo- Investigation OF the
trouble has been made except tho
general observations of the cattiemcH.
Range Apparently Clean.
The ans srcms Co be- exceptionally
clean ana free from supposedly puis-
ouou. and objectionable weeds. There
are a few poisonous milk weeds, some
lgumes that are looked upon with
suspicion and considerable uf the
weed Drymaria Elauca W. q s., which
is suspected ny the ranchman as The
cause Of the trouble. The atcr con-
d.tions and methods cot sailing the caJ-
tie are not suc hat would indicate
that death was caused directly from
either OF them.
The reports OF The cattlcmen as 90
the symptoms OF the poisoning ara
more or less conflicting. Many had
not seen the cattle until they were
dead. some had only known OF tho
cattle dying after they had drums
water while others had known of
death occurring where there was n,
possibility of the animals obtaiulnl
water These. however were Of tht
opinion that drinking water would
hasten death after the cattle hac
eaten the poison weed. Win few ex.
captions an asrccd that death occur.
red suddenly, within ouc-hali am hour
after the first indications OF sickness
There was no frothiug az The mouth
nor commissions.
No Difference IN Range.
The restricted area in which th'
cattle die has almost Identical raug'
plants with a much larger area ~
which death unly occurs from known
causes. The presence of the vice.
Drymaria glauca in % poison are'
and its absence ON the range outside
81 the poison area has led tho cat
tlcmeu 90 the opinion that his w"c'
Be- the direct cause al He trouble.
From the fact that this weed hd
never before been poisonous and SOM
OF the symptoms Of the sickness bei"r
death are similar Go those |oecurr,u.
in animals poisoned fr1m C,rtai.
nnEi b has led te the opiTiou tha
doi h is caused bs poisoning from
parasitic fungus which b. often pres
est on the weed rather h from th
weed itself.
Dccuu- in Late summer.
This poisoning occurs from the Jas
few weeks In August to the first ic'
weeks OF October and since its occur
renee was not reported boz time &
make an investigation while tho gattI
were dying 10 is practically impossiol
10 make q complete report on ia
trouble at this time. There wiz u
Systematic studies made of the mattel
ials obtained on Tho nip aud eNpc
iments run GO determine The poison
GUS qualities OF the weed Drym9t'
which is not infested with the pal
asitic fungus and that which is ir
Tested With it