Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1922-07-23
PLANTS CAUSING
/ DEATH or STOCK
/ THROUGH TEXAS
so. CALLED MYSTERIOUS DY
ING OF ANIMALS DECLAR.
4 ED NO MYSTERY

horses. cattle .ecp from mysterious
causes, especi. this time Of the veal,
often Is not as mysterious as Il may
seem according 70 J. NJ Dol Curtu.
hr'd or the liz sion NJ plant pathology
of he state Doplrtmcnt Of Agricui.
,ure. TEXAS has "A number ~ poisonous
ilauts 81 fairly wide distribution that
caus "mys'et,h"s" sickness 10 AMI
mails feed "a a. them. he said
ln many instances recognition ~
"a" symptoms which nrc fairly woll
defined when an animal has partuken
~ one OF these poisonous plants. enah
los tho owner Of the animals to give the
nron'r treatment immediately and
thus often effect q cure with little re-.
silt1nt had effect he said
"Whil. eating many ~ the ulants
does not XIII" Mr.. Dol Curto said "the
animals suffer loss OF weight or oihc-
Injuries which render them unfit for
the market or for use"
''The Blelonu't the Tcvas state
flower. has been cultivated and the
luplnes used from tho time Of tho m.
c'ent Greeks and Romans. hut Il was
not until very mo Tern times that Us
poisonous properties were recorn z"d
The plant IS poisonous 10 sheen. Exam
nations shows that tho aerial pnr'S
az N, plant arc the most poisonous M"
most toxic rnrts ~ their order h.'"r
M seeds pods and leaves That IN,
nlant Ia no sonous has hocn confirmed
hy experiments On mice.
'There h no form ~ remedial treat.
mse' that can h. used advantageously
shthorltles. while others recommend
fhc us~, ~ normanaganatc Of potash
tind wsHl acids. Sheenmcn. however
recommend tho carful handling Of
flotks and kccpnr them out Of fields
where Bluebonnets grow. Sheep that
have eaten The plant simply sicken and
~ uspy Gases, die The plant Is poison
~Nr ~ WI grazing animals hut 10 ths
- a'os, degree "a sheen.
Both tho purplo and tho white locS
weed produce what g. known az looc
d.ssnsc. The nurnle weed is the mos
.nisonous rnf effects horses exclu
sively FOR thc reason that only horse,
will rr' ,fe ourple weed Animals
which have eaton the weed VIII recover
und' 'ul feeding and may he cur
ID By the use ~ Fowler's solution fol
HORSES and the use ~ s'rychnin'
miy'urc for cattl- Nounv cattle which
sheve eaten The v'c.d show a run down
, pnthr fty appearance appeaf d'll an'
stand OFF from NJ Other cattle IN y
ttoonv CONDITION Tn" havo q s'""llinl
under the Jaw IN MANY cases and 30
co. uurplng.
Tn" anirnnls orio0 have - cra,y IL
~e0nion comrro" moe'lv 10 horse Sait
To ~ 'loNood' alto a,,i"~ ~ wood
Tho nurpic and white loco plnn''
can h. eim,ratel y. ro't'uy OF th'
crown of buds. Tho plant win not grow
from the root
The lprksnur which 10 s1'd ~ rlus,
nctr cattle losses thp0 1r. oth," no -
enous plant grows or the morntlir
tsag"s. u docs noth1thar hors.e md
sh.sn. M~Sf ~ tho losses occur carly n
ths season and ~. poisoning can b.
prevented Nv keeping tho cattl' ava,
iron the q -eas in which the uhr'
s7pws until tho plant has inquired
This il done" Mr. Del Curto slb Inv
means OF dfifi fences. Temporary tcucc'
NJ can ~ removed.
syWhcre the plant grows IN masses y
can h. cr1dicatcd hv crtiins OF from
~ - eigh, inches 81 the root.
"Ca,'le must eat three per cent Of
Their weight before they become AZ
tgctcd hy tn rlnn,. The first symptom
az 10 -oning ~ larkspur is % weakness.
fn IN, legs The" animal tails down and
~ muscles contract inyoluntaTily
Death sometimes results The catti-
poisoned should b. kent a. quiet as
possible with their heads turned uphill