OCR Text |
Show DESERT VEGETATION TO BE USED AS SILAGE Convention Advocates Measures to Relieve Re-lieve Present Drought Emergency. Desert vegetation is to be turned Into silage and used as forage for livestock in the states of the southwest in the present drought emergency, pursuant to a recommendation made by the league of the southwest at its recent meeting in Tucson, Ariz., from which State Engineer En-gineer Georg-e F. McGonagle returned yesterday. yes-terday. This vegetation in the states affected af-fected bv the drought consists of cactus, cholla fruit, soap weed, or succa, and parmilla. Mr. McGonagle says that the chief fear expressed at the convention, which he attended as Governor Bamberger's representative, rep-resentative, was that the existing drought would be a protracted one and that livestock live-stock and Industry would suffer aa a result. re-sult. The convention went on record as favoring the suspension of importation of cattle and sheep Into the southwest territory for foraging and that the ranee be controlled and apportioned to domestic flockmasters by the state council of defense. de-fense. On account ot a treaty with Mexico. It is required that the lower reaches of the Colorado river be kept open to navigation. navi-gation. The convention resolved to ask congress to take charge of the Colorado river, which runs through seven states, under a unified plan of administration and conservation of the stream. The league also asks for uniform state legislation on irrigation from all interstate streams. |