Show ANOTHER BURBANK MARVEL In a recent all address adress ress before the tho stu students of at the cr University IW or of California Luther Luthor But Burbank bank mado made a comforting report ort of at progress In his experiments with the t new nc species of or spineless cactus On his own place at Sunta gunta unta Rosa ho has d demonstrated demonstrated demon demon- mon mon- that ninety nine tons tons' of or cactus fruit can be bc crown on ono one aero acre of ot ground This Timis Is 13 an of oC one limit full wheelbarrow load to tho the square yard ard Tho The fruit contains cont 16 per cent of at su sugar suar nr anaIs and ana andIs andla Is la as wholesome as an apple No o 0 plant In Iii the tho world produces s so profusely antI and such nourishing food as this ca cactus This very very larE large e statement appears appears ap ap- pears In the San Francisco new newspapers Perhaps It Is 15 as well to ta await thin of at all tho the claims put forward for forthe forthe forthe the new plant before buying up desert lands on a n speculation but unless Mr tr Burbank has been misquoted again and I again In this matter matteI his new yew plant Is la bound to lead to sensational results in desert dt farming Ho lie finds that while his cactus yields best st under cultivation it out the tIes desert cactus on its Ita own ground because of ot d deeper roots Th TIme only ob obstacle yet found to its spread ad ado o over or r large desert areas Is its inability to defend Itself against the the Attacks of rabbits and other desert animals Nothing Noth oth lug ing can barm harm the tho old fashioned cactus I on account of oC Ita Its Its' guard suard 61 t thorns Tho Time new cactus Invites Instead tep repels ls attacks at- at tacks And therefore muot be protected protect ns against browsing animals s- s Lincoln I Nob State Journal X fl y |