The Loco-weed Disease of the Plains

<p>The Loco-weed Disease of the Plains (1909) by C. Dwight Marsh offers a comprehensive early 20th-century study of loco-weed a plant toxic to livestock grazing on the American plains. Marsh a leading expert in poisonous plants details the plant's characteristics distribution and the effects of loco-weed poisoning on range animals. This report provides valuable insights into the challenges faced by ranchers and farmers in managing livestock health and land use in the early 1900s. <br/><br/>The text examines the symptoms of loco-weed poisoning in horses cattle and sheep along with potential methods for prevention and treatment. This work serves as an important resource for understanding the ecological and economic impacts of poisonous plants on agricultural practices of the time and is invaluable for researchers and historians studying the history of agriculture botany and veterinary medicine in the American West.</p><p>This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore you will see the original copyright references library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world) and other notations in the work.</p><p>This work is in the public domain in the United States of America and possibly other nations. Within the United States you may freely copy and distribute this work as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.</p><p>As a reproduction of a historical artifact this work may contain missing or blurred pages poor pictures errant marks etc. Scholars believe and we concur that this work is important enough to be preserved reproduced and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.</p><br>