Show BOON TO LIVE STOCK MEN the cactus to revivify our deserts i cattle prefer its fodder to that of any other plant tons grown per acre A H wilson connected with luther burbank s cactus farm at in dio california has lately given out corat information concerning the 15 res planted to cactus next june it 13 expected that 1 plants will be ready for distribution orders are in for same from all of the western states besides mexico japan and rus sia it is expected that in a few ears such deserts as we have in emery county can be made productive sections by planting the cactus which grows without water and makes a feed which cattle especially relish it would be a good plan for a few live stock men here to send to indio and secure a few cactus plants for experiment the thorn loss cactus is the result of fifteen years of labor by luther bur bank using the vaneta of cactus collected from america north and south africa hawaii and other countries and developing them until varieties are created and also hardy and productive plants that will withstand frost in the cintr and drought in the summer the result he promises is that the cactus hs has created wilt in a few years revola the cattle and sheep industries in america and other and coun tries and will make all deserts to bo productive and valuable heretofore fodder growth for bittle and sheep has been confined to slender plants such as alfilda and pram which yielded about 50 tons to the acre at beat th thorn ess cactus already has yielded tons to the acre and mr burbank promises that it will do some better the fodder also is in large slabs and will be easier to gather and handle mr burbank has created seven van aties of tl e cactus all of which is be ng grown on the indio farm most of these will grow better in jbf warm climates but a few will do well on the northern deserts mr wilson says that thre has been 1 cactus known to science for fifty years but that plants grown from the seeds usually had thorns and it re bained for mr burbank to create a perfect plant he says that thre is no danger of its returning to a variety after growing wild on the desert for a few years as might be expected and points to the other crea eions of mr burbank as proof of the plant propagator s contention that the cactus is perfected as a fodder experiments peri ments have shown that cows when accustomed to the cactus prefer it to any other fodder and mr burbank says thit it will be the great est boon to the cattle and sheep ranch ers on the desert practically no water being required to grow it the Thom less cactus farming corn pany has been given the rights to grow ind sell the plants by mr burbank and he company is guarding its interests two watchmen armed with shotguns guard the farm day and night to pre vent anyone from entering jt and fak ing some of the plants |