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THE GAZETTE-TIMES. HEPPNER, ORE.. THURSDAY, Jan.. 18. 1917
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LUPINE POISONING AND
IIS EFFECT ON SHEE
By W. 11. BiiiTiiH, President of The
Oiepni WiHilgrinvers Association.
Tlie receut demonstration of the
effect of Lupine poisoning on sheep
at the Woolgrowers' meeting in Hepp
ner. Pec. 15-16, has been conducive
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of great good to the sheep industry
thereby demonstrating to a dead cer
tainty, that this plant under certain
conditions and in certain localities
is a deadly poison to sheep when ar
riving from .the mountains onto our
dry winter ranges, after being driven
long distances without sufficient feed
or water, and if sheepman will pro
fit by their experience and loss of
many valuable sheep this fall, many
thousands of dollars can be saved by
a little effort on their part in the fu
ture. The nature of this plant, Is
to come up from the root in the
spring, about the beginning of April
in the form of a plant somewhat re
sembling the peona, only green in
color, grow to the size of a well nia
tured potato plant, produce a long
spiral blue blossom, mature and pro
duce seed which is in reality a small
pink bean, which if conditions are
normal, should dry up and fall out
about the time wheat is harvested
After this, the plant drys up and be
comes more or less harmless, which
accounts for no loss of sheep In
years when normal conditions prevail
but on the other hand as has been
the case this year, when we have
the late rains and heavy thunder
storms during the summer, this plant
takes a second growth, the same as
alfalfa, produces seed the same
the first stems and keeps green, the
entire summer, and is in its most
deadly stage about the time the sheep
come from the mountains.
While the Lupine-plant grows In
the mountains and along the foothill
ranges to the extent of 15 to 20 miles
from timber line, it does not seem
to be harmful to stock of any kind.
This has caused such a diversity of
opinion among the sheepman as to its
poisorous nature. The only reas
onabifi theory that can be advanced
on tills head, is that the ntuura of
the soil changes the nature of the
plant, for it is a fact that the soil
in the mountains and along the foot
hills Is to a large extent free from
alkalies and mineral salts, it being
black loam, while on the nilddle.and
lower ranges, the soil is volcanic ash
and mixed with alkaloids and other
mineral salts and the Lupine-platft
beine deenrooted. like alfalfa, ak
sorbs more of these minerals whlidn
accounts for it being more poisonous
in these localities. While the loss'
is not so pronounced in the spring
of the year, yet I am convinced that
many sheep, especially yearlings, arej
lost from eating this same plant, eS-t
pecially when the grass has begun to
dry up, or if the sheep have beep
kept up in corrals, for the purpose
of marketing, shearing or branding
30 as to cause them to become hung
ry enough to grab the first thing that
looks good or green to them, bad re
sults will follow and while no rerno
dy for this poison has been used to
any degree of success, this fall
For Sale Nice Winter apples at $1.-
per sack at the C. P. Bowiian
ranch on Butter ereek.
Choice cuts of fresh meats.
he Old Reliable Dutchman at
People's Cash Market.
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Your friends can buy any thing
you can give them except your
photograph. Slcsbee Studio.
The Kellogg Motor-bus Is equipped
to carry passengers to any part of the
country at any time. Call Main 163.
LOST A light brown fur neck piece
between South Methodist church and j
postoffice. Finder please leave at this j
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Household furniture moved quick,
ly and cheaply. E. H. Kellogg, Main
163. Deliveries made to any part of
town,
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'iave had marked success with Per-
xangumate of Potassum, for the last
'0 years on sheep being poisoned,
oresumably from this same plant in
the spring of the year, which shows,
o-ither that the plant Is not deadly
tr that the stomach of the sheep,
though being fed on green grass and
other nutritous weeds, is in a strong
er condition to resist it, for the re
cent demonstration has shown, by
the two sheep brought in by Mr.
Minor, that had been running
in alfalfa pasture all sunimer. And
although fed some of the same stuff
that was fed the two big range wea
thers furnished by V, Gentry, and
seemed to eat it greedily, were imune
and are alive today, while the two
big weathers that came off of dry
feed died within forty-eight hours
from the time it was fed to them.
If the two sheep that Mr. Minor
brought in had been the only ones
tested, the whole experiment would
have been a failure and some of us
might have gone on for the next
forty years without knowing what
was killing our sheep. While there
is no doubt that many sheep die from
alkalies and other poisons, I fully
believe that 90 per cent of this perio
dical loss among sheep after coming
from the mountains is caused from
Lupine and the reason that it is hard
for some to believe as I do, is the
fact that it takes from six to forty
eight hours before death takes place
after the plant has been eaten, which
has been demonstrated by the rerent
experiment, so that a band of shop
could be driven ten or twelve miles
before showing signs of getting sick
and if they happen to be near water
before getting sick, then alkali is
blamed for it, because we are prone
to believe that whenever or where
ever a sheep is taken sick, on that
spot is where they got the poison.
So far there is no remedy for this loss
among sheep except prevention and
as prevention is better than cure, we
can, by following a few simply rules
save many thousands of sheep in the
future. In the first place, any man
can tell within ten days before his than most men, and by following
sheep comes out whether any precau-! these rules as far as the ordinary
tlon Is needed or not, for if we have hepherder will permit, have not
early fall rains and green grass fr lost one sheep, where in former years
the sheep to eat there will be no 1 i i used to loose one hundred. "'
HONE BREYIETIES CROWD-' lr'mmn "Uli
ED OUT LAST WEEK1!
Dr. Albert Hennig and wife re
turned from their honeymoon trip
to Portland on Sunday.
Mat Halvorsen made a shipment of
a mixed load of cattle and hogs to the
Portland market Weduesday.
Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Knappenberg
departed on Sunday for Buffalo, N.
Y., where they will spend a month
visiting at the old home of Mr. Knappenberg.
F. M. Griffin visited in town yester
day. He is eniovlntr this fin Snrlne--
like weather and sates trat he looks ' I
for quite a spell of good weather
during this month.
Floyd Fraser is home from a visit
of a month with his relatives in Cal
ifornia. He is more than ever con
vinced that Morrow county is the best
country on earth.
Pastor Reynolds, of the Christian
church, has accepted a call to the
South Berkeley church, Berkeley, Cal.
His work will end with the church
here at the end of this month.
Claus Johnson was in from his
form in Democrat Gulch Wednesday.
He is now having a well bored on his
place, S. L. Beck, of lone doing the
work. The well is just about com
pleted, with the prospect of an abun
dant flow of water.
The warm days the past week is
having the effect of starting the
weeds in the fields and the farmers
are making plans to go to plowing.
Should the present open spell last
for a few weeks a lot of plowing will
be done.
The wheat market opened up here
on Tuesday, and there has been pretty
lively selling the past couple of days.
No large lots were disposed of, but
quite a number of small holdings
were.transferred to the hands of the
shippers. Prices paid ranged from
$1.50 for club to $1.55 for bluestem.
The old skating rink has been
leased by the lone school and will
be used hereafter by that Institution
as a sort of gym. By passing around
a paper the first of the week sufficient
funds were raised to cover the south
side of the building with new shin
gles. The paper roofing was fast
wearing off and the roof was leaking
badly and causing damage to the
hardwood floor. The school will now
have a place where they can care for
their indoor sports, and they will
also install their picture machine
here and give movie entertainments
at regular intervals each week.
Locust Chapter, No. 119, O. E. S.,
held its annual installation of offi
cers on Tuesday evening. There was
goodly attendance of members, and
following the installation ceremonies
delicious lunch was served. The
following officers were installed:
Ruth Mason, Matron; T. B. Buffing-
ton, Patron; Benlah Buffington, Asso-
clatet Matron; Grace Chick, Conduct
ress; Ida Moore, Associate Conduct
ress; Cynthia Walker, Secretary;
Frank Chrlstensen, Treasurer; Lovle
Warfleld, Ada; Maude Wakefield.
Ruth; Mrs. W. H. Cronk, Esther;
Fannie Goodall, Martha; Mrs. J. H.
Wilt, Electa; Mrs. R. W. Beckett,
Chaplain; Mrs. W. T. McNabb, War
den; O. B. Barlow, Sentinel: Mrs. L.
Doak, Organist.
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imong them, If we have the same
iea3cn as the one just past, we should
begin to clear a portion ef our range
at least, and as most of our range is
about half facing the South where
very little of the Lupine grows, It
can be cleared off much cheaper, then
either feeding the sheep or loosing '
them, when driving on trails through
fleeted districts, avoid dodging In-1
to pastures with heavy growths of
grass far it is there that the Lupine
nourishes and while it is hard for
sheepmen to pass by what looks like
good feed for hungry sheep, it is,
bettor to have a sheep that Is poor!
of flesh than a dead one. I
Never put hungry sheep on your,
best grass, neither when they come
home from the mountains or when '
you have been working them In the:
corrals in the spring of the year,
Put them on your south hillsides
and fill them up gradually, for I
have found that loss results from
putting, hungry sheep on good feed,
after being worked In corralls In
shearing time, than any other thing.
And while I do not wish to appear as
monitor for sheepmen, or knowing
any more about running sheep than
neighbor, I do claim to have
lven the matter of Lupine poisoning
for the past ten years, more study
my
Mrs. L. G. Herren
announces the addition of
a dress-making and de
sighing department to her
millinery establishment,
after January 1st.
This department will be
in charge of Miss Phillips,
a professional dress-maker
and a thoroughly com
petent designer.
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