A PLANT DANGEROUS TO HORSES.
It is often said that man is the only animal that seeks for intoxicants. This is not true. In Mexico and portions of Texas grows a plant known as the "loco." It grows wild upon the plains, and has to be very carefully exterminated by ranchmen. Horses and cattle are very fond of it, and evidently seek it for its effects, which are similar to those of drunkenness in men. When a horse eats it, his value is gone. He will stagger, and a very slight blow upon the head will kill him. When he recovers from the effects of one debauch, he is crazy until he can again get the plant, and in a short time the subtle poison has done its work, and he is dead. It is a source of constant dread to the ranchmen, and a careful search is made for it when inspecting a range for cattle.—Cincinnati Enquirer.