Show CACTUS MAKES GOOD GOOD FEED great objection 1 lit that spine spines are so 80 numerous and sharp that live stock cannot eat them for many years it has bas been known that the prickly pear or spiney cac tug was u good feed tor for cattle and other live stock in arid regions when other feed gave out but thy the objection to the cactus is that the spines are so numerous and sharp that lire live stock cannot eat them with the spines left on A spineless cactus has been beer developed but it will not thrive on large areas ot of the desert range re glona hence it la is practically useless purpose for which it was la im tended the spiney cactus grows grown on wide areas of the arid regions in abundance simply because it fan can hold its own on account of its thorny defense these cacti can be used for lire live stock feed and are excellent in times of drought because of the theli high water content but to prepare tiem them for feeding the spines L net ast be len relieved coved which Is done I 1 L burning two methods are art in use one is to hold the cacti over a brush fire till the pines spines are singed off and the other ie Is to do the eloge ing with a gasoline torch such as tin smiths and a use this la Is a slow way of per paring feed for a large number of animals yet it la Is an effective way of keeping them alive when water and grass fall la in the desert regions of the west aest |