. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. STAGGER GRASS AS A POISONOUS PLANT. 9 horns caused her to fall over, and she would then not get np volun- tarily, but if helped up would remain standing. The sheep was re- ported as having been very sick during the night. This condition of weakness continued during the day. On March 27 she was much better but still weak, and was eating nothing, but on March 28 she had practically recovered, and was in a normal condition. April 3 the sheep, which had entirely recovered from the previous feeding, after having been depriv
. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. STAGGER GRASS AS A POISONOUS PLANT. 9 horns caused her to fall over, and she would then not get np volun- tarily, but if helped up would remain standing. The sheep was re- ported as having been very sick during the night. This condition of weakness continued during the day. On March 27 she was much better but still weak, and was eating nothing, but on March 28 she had practically recovered, and was in a normal condition. April 3 the sheep, which had entirely recovered from the previous feeding, after having been deprived of food for 24 hours, was fed. Fig. 6.—Sheep No. 228 at a. m., AprU 6, 1914. between and a. m. 100 grams of leaves of the Chrosperma. This material was from the same collection as that used in the earlier experiments; it had been kept in cold storage and was in good condi- tion. In this case the plant was fed by placing it, after it was cut up, directly into the back of the sheep's mouth, thus forcing the animal to swallow it, as she would not do so voluntarily. At a. m. she was distinctly nauseated, and this condition continued marked for perhaps an hour, when the sheep seemed to be better, but was sleepy and listless. No marked symptoms were noticed until about 3 p. m., when vomiting commenced. April 4, a. m., the animal, lying down and apparently resting easily, was made to get up and walk about, when she showed that she was very weak, for she staggered when walking, and groaned. Figure 4 shows quite clearly an attitude indicating great weakness. As it was deemed best to carry the experiment farther, 50 grams of leaves, fed in the same way as before, were given between and. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original United States. Dept. of Agriculture. [Washingt
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