BULLETIN TREATS
OF POISON PLANTS
MOST VALUABLE DATA GIVEN TO
IDAHO BY AGRICULTURAL
EXPERIMENT STATION
Suggested Remedies Are Given—Prepared by F. W. Gail and Dr.
A. R. Hahner
The Agricultural experiment station
of the university has just Issued a
 bulletin prepared jointly by the departments of botany and veterinary
science. Mr. Floyd W. Gail wrote the
section dealing with poisonous plants
of Idaho, and Dr. A. R. Hahner, prepared the treatise on some suggested
remedies for these diseases.
Idaho is a mountainous state with
heavy forests in the northern half and
more open prairies in the southern
half. It is one of the best grazing
states, and it is probable that grazing
will be an important factor in the livestock industry of the state. Many inquiries have been received at the university relative to poisonous plants
and many specimens suspected of being poisonous to man as well as to live stock have been sent to Mr. Gail for identification. These inquiries have come from farmers, business men, and professional men. It is safe to say that the losses last year from poisonous plants amounted to several millions of dollars.
In preparing his description of these
diseases, Mr. Gail's object has been to
enlighten stockmen and others and to
help them to recognize these plants.
Dr. Hahner's object is to offer some
practical suggestions in regard to preventive or remedial measures.
The bulletin contains seven illustrations most useful in agriculture.  Ain't the public with the appearance of poisonous plants common in Idaho; and the detailed description is so clear as to make identification easily possible even to the inexperienced and the uninterested. 