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Show Sheep Bush Busll , African AfricanForage AfricanForage Forage Plant , Grovs Grows GrowsWell GrowsWell , Well \ ' ' ell in m ArizonaWashington Arizona ArizonaWashington Washington Waslungton . - Karroo orsheep or orsheep orsheep sheep bush , one of the prin pnn- pnn prin- principal pnnclpal principal - - cipal clpal forage plants for sheep sheepin In the South African Afncan desert desertplateau desertplateau desertplateau plateau areas m In times of se- se severe Severe se severe - vere drouth , is now bemg being bemgpropagated beingpropagated beingpropagated propagated by the nursery nursery- nurserymen nurserymen nurserymen - men of the United Umted States soIl soIlconservatIon soilconservation soilconservation conservatIon service for far seed seedIncrease seedincrease seedincrease Increase , since smce this plant planthas planthas planthas has demonstrated extreme extremedrouth extremedrouth extremedrouth drouth resistant possibilitiesand possIbilItIes and adaptability to the Amer Amer- AmerlCan American American - - ican lCan desert , . Sheep bush has covered the desert desertplateaus desertplateaus desertplateaus plateaus of South Africa Afnca tor for cen cen- centunes cen- cen centunes centuries - - turies tunes Gradually it became evident evi- evi evident evi evident - dent that this shrubby perennIal perennIalwas perennialwas was a most dependable forage forageplant forageplant forageplant plant Becoming Becommg so dormant dur dur- during dur- dur during during - - ing the dry season that thl.t thlt : . it appears to tohave tohave tohave have died , it comes to life hIe with al- al almost al almost - . most miraculous quickness with the thebegInning thebeginning thebeginning begInning of ramsThe rainsThe rains rams rainsThe The original introduction mtroduction of the thekarroo thekarroo thekarroo karroo or sheep bush into mto the United UnitedStates UnitedStates UnitedStates States v v.as vas was . . as made more than 35 years yearsago yearsago yearsago ago by Dr , . David G Fairchild , . for formany formany formany many years head of the division of offoreIgn offoreign offoreign foreIgn plant introduction of the bu- bu bureau bureau bu bureau - - reau of plant industry . First plant- plant plantings plantings plant-ings plant ings - ings were made from a packet of ofnatiVe ofnative ofnative natiVe African karroo seeds in the theplant theplant theplant plant introduction mtroductIon gardens at ChICO ChicoCalif , Callf Calif After that , for many years yearslittle , . little attention was given glVen to the theplantmgs theplantings theplantmgs theplantmgsThen plantmgs plantings plantmgsThen plantingsThen Then came the recent drouth drouthemergency drouthemergency drouthemergency emergency , and a small amount ofseed of ofseed ofseed seed was furnished the soil sOlI conser conser- conservation conservation conservation - - vation service for experimental experimentalplantmg experimentalplanting experimentalplanting plantmg planting under Southwestern arId arIdcondlhons aridconditions aridconditions condlhons conditions . So the sheep bush , along alongwIth alongwith alongwith wIth some 30 or 40 other species of ofwidely ofwidely ofwidely widely varying growth habits , was wasplanted wasplanted wasplanted planted ! in n the Arizona desert . . After a year or two all of the thespecies thespecies thespecies species thus planted had disap disap- disappeared disappeared disappeared - peared , with the single smgle exception ot of otthe ofthe ofthe the sheep bush This is taken as asa asa asa a thoroughly convincing experimen expcrImen- expcrImen experimen- experimental expcrImental - tal result from the point of view of ofthe ofthe ofthe the soil conservation service . j r |