Diseases of cattle, sheep, goats Diseases of cattle, sheep, goats and swine diseasesofcattl00mous Year: 1905 PLANTS POISONOUS TO STOCK. 229 (nettle FAMILY). * Urtica gracilis.—The slender nettle covers thousands of acres of reclamied swamp land in IMichigan and Wisconsin, Yhich is made nearly yothless by its dense growth, horses refusing to pass through it to culti- vate the soil. CHENOPODIACE (gOOSEFOOT FAMILY). Sarcobatus vermiculatus.—Black greasewood, or chico, is a scraggy shrub which grows in strongly alkaline soil in the south-western and western portions of the United Stat
Diseases of cattle, sheep, goats Diseases of cattle, sheep, goats and swine diseasesofcattl00mous Year: 1905 PLANTS POISONOUS TO STOCK. 229 (nettle FAMILY). * Urtica gracilis.—The slender nettle covers thousands of acres of reclamied swamp land in IMichigan and Wisconsin, Yhich is made nearly yothless by its dense growth, horses refusing to pass through it to culti- vate the soil. CHENOPODIACE (gOOSEFOOT FAMILY). Sarcobatus vermiculatus.—Black greasewood, or chico, is a scraggy shrub which grows in strongly alkaline soil in the south-western and western portions of the United States. A correspondent in New Mexico states that on one occasion he counted as many as 1,000 sheep that had been killed by eating the leaves of this plant. It is claimed that cows are not affected by eating it at any time, and that sheep can eat it quite freely in winter. Death is perhaps due more to tympanites rather than to any poisonous sub- stance which the plant contains. PHYTOLACCACE (POKEWEED FAMILY). * Phytolacca decandra. — The leaves of the common pokeweed (poke; garget; American night- shade) of the eastern half of the United States is occasionally eaten by cattle with fatal results. ALSINACE (pink FAMILY). * Agrostemma githagO. — The - 77.—Slender nettle {Urtica gracilis). common corn cockle (cockle; mul- lein pink) is a weed common to both the United States and Europe. Poultry and household animals are occasionally poisoned by eating the seeds or the bread made from wheat contaminated with the seeds. MAGNOLIACE (MAGNOLIA FAMILY). Illicium floridanum.'—The leaves of this species of anisetree are supposed to be poisonous to stock.
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