| Show RUBBER PLANT IS PLENTIFUL HERE its common name Is rabbit Bru 40 an acre the well known and oft despi despised qed rab bit brush that gro vs so prolifically in i emery county and without irrigation ie is according to the meeker hooker colo her j aid a most valuable product being noth j ing more nor less than the ne tie v rubber plant of which we made mention a few weeks ago the herald says within tho the last two ears a most val 1 i 1 liable discovery has been made in color ado another profitable source of wealth has been added to her hr alread already large list the common lowly and much de spiced rabbit brush to be a plant at 0 exceptional value it is a plant that contain crude rubber in to aarle and paying proportion D discovered 1 sc accidentally accidental the expert niente ment that have reSLI le ted rive give most en ell cou raging and ani amazing acts facts AVit without bout exception all rubber manufacturers chemists and experimenters pronounce the rubber to be ol 01 excellent quality and very nearly equal to the far famed best para rubber the plant is described aa as having straight stems stows frem from a cau call dex and bearing email small composite ellow flowers many of ua us being perfectly tain fam aliar with the appearance of the rabbit arusla the fhe most essential point and one worth our consideration is that the plant cao can be brown grown without irrigation and that it thrives best at an altitude of from 7 to 9 feet thereby increase ing the value of colorado many fold for heretofore these high mesas and non ir lands have been considered able only tor for grazing purposes the requirements tor for successfully starting a rubber ranch are such that the expense is nominal no irrigation a piece of homesteaded land even the ex apenae of fencing is eliminated for a crop of rubber plant is safe unfenced as no a stock will eat of the growing plants the plant in its native state produces a ton to the acre under cultivation it will produce avice and thrice as much at the very lo 10 vest est eftim iante ite 10 40 per ton a ranh ranch of acres will vie with any other industry in the country ind the time may come when the rubber pro of at colorado will exceed her mm min ing and farming A rubber manufacturing plant has been started at salida calida colo and the people of the upper arkansas valley hive have taken up the cultivation of the plant in earnest 0 3 secretary of the bal ida board of trade has stud ed the rub ber plant and taken greit interest in the advancement of the new industry |
