The Ecology And Economic Impact Of Poisonous Plants On Livestock Production

The Ecology And Economic Impact Of Poisonous Plants On Livestock Production
Author: Lynn F James
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 331
Release: 2019-06-12
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1000316122

First published in 1988. Livestock poisoning by plants has been a problem to the livestock producers of the United States since our pioneer forefathers first grazed their herds of cattle and sheep on the vast rangelands and pastures of this country. It has long been recognized that poisonous plants are not only disruptive to the harvesting of the

The War on Weeds in the Prairie West

The War on Weeds in the Prairie West
Author: Clinton Lorne Evans
Publisher: University of Calgary Press
Total Pages: 328
Release: 2002
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1552380297

Despite the fact that fighting weeds was of paramount importance to the agricultural development of Canada, there has scarcely been any research on understanding the origins and history of these lowly plants. The War on Weeds in the Prairie West is the first full-blown environmental history of weeds in western Canada.