Show luta LUTHER L LATEST result of fifteen years of labor produces the cactus desert lands to blossom As the lose rose REDLANDS cal dec 27 A H wilson connected with the cactus farming company who has been pending vending several 1 days in in redlands en rente from a to the farm at indio on the desert to los angeles is enthusiastic concerning the outlook for the industry industry y the company now has fifteen acres planted e d to the cactus at indio and he lie plants have been growing rapidly and will be on oil the market next june by that time they expect to live more than one million single plants ready for distribution and planting will be extended on the farm of company at indio to increase the output and some of the plants will go to tc desert lands in all oi 01 abe western states also in Al mexico exico japan and russia the hornless cactus is the result of fifteen years of labor by luther burbank using the variety of cactus collected from america north and south africa hawaii and other countries and developing them until hornless varieties are arc created and also hardy and productive plants that will withstand frost in in the winter and drought in the summer the result lie promises is atiat the cactus he lie has created will in a few ears revolutionize ti th cattle and sheep industries in america and other si s mi arid and countries and will make all i deserts to be productive and valuable heretofore fodder growth for cattle aej an sheep has been con fined to slender plants such u is alfalfa and grain which yielded about one hundred tons to the acre at best the cac car tits already has yielded two hun dred tinb to the acre an and bur j bank kroml promises seb that it will do sonic better the fodder also is in large slabs and will be easier to gather and handle 1 burbank has created seven via vt of the cactus all of which is being wing grown on the indio farm these being known a aa monteray Mon chico santa rosa fresno Quay quil CaP fornia and sanoma most alost of these the sewill will arow row better in the warm climates climate s but a few will do well on the northern deserts wilson says that there has been a cactus known to science for fifty years i but that plants grown from the seeds seed i usually had thorns and it remained for burbank lur bank to create a perfect plant he says that there is no danger of its returning to a thorny variety after growing wild v ild on the desert for a few years as i light be expected and prints points to li qi other creations of burbank burb ink as proof of the plant propagators contention that the cactus is perfected as a fodder experiments have shown that cows when accustomed to the cactus prefer it to any i other fodder and burbank sas that it will be the greatest boon to the cattle and sheep ranchers on the desert practically no water a being required to grow row it |