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Show ffMONSTRATING GREAT VALUE Of CACTI AS EORAGE IN THE GREAT ARID REGIONS to Tin riiumic. SCnT BHOWN TVs.. Jan. !. !tf mitrk-v,J.-r!i nif bidnpr obtained In ih-;t ih-;t MMf i..d in growing liffrtiil EfiiTi "of -t t ai the I "nltcd flutes V,,,cnt demonstration guidons upon IS'-'i Riowi reservation. The i-ol-rin of t tio f plants at Port r.rown Is F'mv 'hr largest i" Hit" eouniry, :md r -nTlin'"nifll n-nrk lias reached ; r co P rferllon. Th" i-auliis , or" gwtlieml from the ."iui-E'V-lmi oi 'l'!'- thr soiUhwr.il. V i ' i id 'mm furHgn fonnlri' S. tilTs'c r"l ninny varieties or the " u'. K'k'I wr'1 as r llo-sc which p1' ii oi:? he-?n llif objcirt of ri i- c Grei-n, the government di- u . haisr of the gardens', to ilia V tl w''al 'H'ldlil'-.s the dirfpt't-iit - (. uo'T-ss for pi""-ti-iil adaptation Fro-sV Htod. Tim t-Mi.-rl ri'-t r aflifd that point wIuti Li ic "p i longe- any doubt as So th Kirr :J ro-vil.!lit ie.x 'in'' vnm" "f h til. i l kcr, j" no. ;ii'ons lal arc ic w ,n tif ''''pfi't sardens here have ( pi hid Hrr.hs. containing an cnoi ' ..innti' of nutriment, while oIIk. tnin i"l n.iirov. and ate of Sq fir ferae Two long ion? of 'Ik '-fr?-i(l more bardv varictv Tcr- plant I'uro' vaw ao Tij plants ar rlos--' .j.- h-jiin to srtor.- rapid I from Ptjm ti -- wf r" pla'd Jn the ground U huP d wonderfully well all durinr i"hd?t and rtrourlit of t,hc two sum-rc' sum-rc' ng no wator oxept tlio lit that tl'" obtained from thi nat'ir.il ih'all. D nvans of sorm- rnlUvation drrro,rtli "Or crnily 5-ilmnlatd. R ;i;"F"n Orpn lifrvoptpd on? of thpso Fiji's i'iwr. He obtolnod tli onormon:-M onormon:-M of J "!' P"5' n'TP. Th" limb-! limb-! fi?rr :d loTn to about ono fool tP' ""d Tlio plants hcan lninifdi-il'rnuttlnc lninifdi-il'rnuttlnc ott iip prowtti. and in an-at an-at lwn 't-ar or Ipk tlnio anollier liai -i fO'Jflllv l-Tr, as the first can be tw fron tVui II jr claimed that the fatlx-nlnc pnp-tim pnp-tim of ibis 'arms Is oqtial to com or j(jr,.ior meal In order to dcl'rmins i fan tboronc'iH . as wpII as to dla-rn't dla-rn't ,rlt" of the fe?d for producing c'rd f pow.i ar'1 to lv fed on thp tQi "vbifh lv fop a ponod of ?-v-il "pk af tboFc pov'Tirnient pardons. l I- Oiirvird l I'rol. f?rcen tljat Llii it of bt;rnlnc flK- spinas off of th ctur by t ii blower proems fdiQujd not ;jcI 1 eTl pri day for aoliininial ". Of eonrse. wl;erp th fiplnb-ss va- V r nrniin inn liiirnli-'r c nrnnsCurv 1 t fp'lne lsK riPtus In tnap Kaidpns miv ' fr dvins fpl"ndldU. Tlifs plants wtp I t i: in'ilf rnlPflppp bv tin Tiiirbunl; pro , " n of propagation, but. arp natural jp-- - i!i? that wpp found srowiiip: wild i f ff-nt lo'iiHl'-' Tbfir limbs and iKf nip pprfp'tlv smooili. The dlf- nil In maUInc this variety a poiii rc!nl proposition lb-s iii tin? fa.-t t-t crtir.lns It upon farms and ranHi s M r t b prot-tPd fmin ninn lclnd.- 3 ird3ilni; mdiiijlK. l.th wild and t'o-k t'o-k ,'.k to piienl It irom n-'inc ein w ifn lip. Nat"rp b"i "ro tiV.J iho tliOn. ' I I CACTUS FIBLD IN GOVJGRNTVIENT GAKDENS. t arlPt with ainpl" proleelion against suoli nilar-Ur. W'lioii Hip fai t onf id-red that only a ton or two per aer of Hip OKllnary kind of Ionise orops pan b grown, the yield of lu" tons i"r aero for two yoars. or fifty oni tons for uii" y-ar of tho ea--t.ns l snffleint to ran."! Hip avcracc stofliinan to sli up and tain- iioIIpp. This new forapp will Ix-nr shipmont well, it Ip claimed. " Th" labor mvol"d in ralsln, barve-sltn and taking aro of a caelum iop l nnirh Ipps than that of any other ' fot-.ico r rop. TIip uininon aHii. or irirklv pear, as. II ic called, 'ir Indigenous to a vast aeopc ot th" caul" -onntrj- of FouthwoFt Texas. U has lone be"n th" pi.-n'tlop of ram'h-nipii ram'h-nipii in time of ostromp tlronth to tide IhPlr cattl" thtoucli tlio hard pprloil .by feeding th"m the wild pnrtuo. The aplnee ar" tirLM burned off of the plnnls in a orudp mannpr. and Dip iloshy fcedsUitl Is ciuicl. ly devoured by th" hungry ani inals. II is an old sa.Mn;; anion? Texas Fbxkni"!! thai oih1" a. row ?"ts a tastp of I Iip raoltiK slip will not eat any oih"r lflnd ol fed. ONPppl as a last resort. Cntil" Hkp it so wpII that tiron the r.i!-. I i- Uipv fiPiiiPiitv oat It. f-plnos and i all. and whpn this if donp blood may be .em running from the'r mouth?. Cv selecUp.jr the spoPl, of cactus that Prof. Gr"eu lias fouml host adapted for foraco thp farmera and Ktockmen of all th" s"ml-arlri portion ot Hip l iiliod States will bo abl" to provide an amplp. supply of i.Iip foodstuff for their livoqtoek at low cost. There sold, to b" more nonr' icbnipnt and fationlnc properllos In one Ion of ractus than in one ton" of alfalfa. I This b"ln: trup. a few arres of the -ac-I tus upon FPtnl-arld land Is nil that would bo nppdpd lo foprj a large herd of vatlle i or olliPi- llvesK)pk. I HARVESTED AND UNIIARVESTED ROWS Or CA.CTUS IN GOVERNMENT GARDENS. |