Show I Wealth in Prickly Pear In portions of or w west t Texas rea and over oven overa ovena a great JeRt deal of ot south and southwest est o el Texas the prickly pear has long beon becil I regarded a as an unmitigated nuisance Ce although h during seasons of ot drouth I the ranches have found It a R very good I cattle food tool after the spines are reI removed removed re- re I moved Jo el by burning Since the Impetus given en the time makIn making making mak mak- In ing of ot denatured alcohol it Is claimed that there them is 11 a bonanza to be reaped from flom these thes cactus lands of oC Texas as asa a material tom for fOI manufacturing alcohol an and at several points In west Texas TexaR arrangements are being mal made to lo soon soun bt begin ln work with wih portable stills which will wi be moved around In the time cactus I region as the supply diminishes Owners Own Own- ers ens of or this cactus land are arc n figuring on oum onI some Borne big revenues re when the alcohol I making makl begins and It Is an I lineaL ment that Is being watched with wih much interest throughout the tho state The Tho feeding ln of oC this prickly prick pear Jear to lo tostock stock has Imas also a new Im Impetus irn- irn petus In con consequence of or some ome experiments ments ment that have ha e recently boon been bem mado made I and aOI time the boost given the lie Idea b by the federal authorities at Washington ashington As Asa s a result of if careful experiments It Il has b en shown th l a ration producing producIng ing lag between 1 l 4 8 4 and 1 2 1 pounds of ot bute butter a n day costs about 13 cents cents when pears por rice bran and cottonseed cottonseed cotton cotton- coton- coton seed meal macal were fed el Although h Ily pear Ilear is low lom- In nutritive nutritive nutritive nu nu- value from the chemical standpoint stand stand- point the stem feeding ceding experiment shows show al also that there thore I Iff IS abundant ant Justification lon fOI for the tho practices In vogue of ot preparing cattle for or market upon prickly poor penu and cottonseed meal met A gain of 1 I 4 3 pounds a day Ia ha at nt a an al expense oX o of 01 3 cents a pound iund Jund compares with time tho suits re-suits obtained obtained ob ob- favorably wih 01 feeding ceiling r from Cream om standard feels feeds Two cx experiments have ha c recently been beon und undertaken both conducted under the immediate of ranchmen In southern Texas In lii co operation co-operation co un Wi with Lb the time bureau of plant llant Industry in Wash ington The Thie flu first test tet was waR undertaken by Alexander Sinclair of If San Fan Antonio Anto Anto- nio umio Time The second was wn conducted by hv T. 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A Cok Coleman Colman man upon uon hl his ranch in illS 11 I En- En n cinal There arc are two species of if the tho prickly I I pear recognized In Iii that portion of oC Texas where the time plant flourishes One Ones Is s small and ant prostrate anti and of ur no special special pe- pe cial value time the other has at least l two forms one tine with mm wih yellow spines and th the tho other with wih spines rod red or O brown at the base bale There Is II also als another lother arlet variety found In south Texas and and known as a the blue I leaf et The cows rows selected for this experiment ment were taken from time the Sinclair herd fhe They rhey were Jersey Jerse stock During the feeding period the cows w were le kept In separate pens and under separate sheds and ant were vere al allowed nl- nl S lowed to lo remain In tho limo sheds or roam In the pens penH at will One load lond of or pear por was sufficient for a weeks week's feed and at feeding timo the material was placed In a box and chopped with wih a 0 spade into convenient size for Cor time the animals to eat CRt The rhe grain was fed feel at nt milking time anti and a n ration aton of oC roughage consisting o of pear or sorghum sorghum sorghum sor sor- or hay haya was a fed el three times a 0 da day clay Pear al also fed was waN o after RUH milking morning and e evening and about mid Ia da Jay It I was WAR the purpose during duming tho the entire entre period to feed food all ul time Iho pear the cows would eat tut It I hs has Imas been found impossible at this timId time to make malc an estimate that Is in at atal atall atall all al reliable re regarding the tho cost cOlt of or this item Item Hem e of f tho ration The Time rancher ranchel gathers r the tho pear upon his land ni as he ime would firewood It him nothing The Time cost coul of oe tho limo other Items Hems of tho tl ration Is as follows Cottonseed Cottonseed Cotton Cotton- Colon Colon- seed m meal al 22 2 a ton rice ice bran 13 13 aton n a I ton lon sorghum hay 7 a n ton tomm Ono One man maim can easily burn bum pears for or a hundred cows v In addition thereto ho lie can caim assist In the tho milking Ho ITo le will wi use about bo in ten teim gallons glons of ga gasoline oa li liday lla day In burning the time spines off of the tho eq cac- cac iu tui tUM and nod during the tUne time this exp experiment rI ment was is-as In progress time the tw price commodity was waR 1 12 cents cont a fl gallon Tho cost coat of oC a days day's rations for fc eo while pear peal without hn hay imay wa wasp being fed was ns 13 cents it J The Time conclusion at Washington a hl ton is 8 8 that time the Texas raiser ha huts has a n nt m t cheap chel fe te d at hand I If he ho will wi give I e the tho nuttIer mutter r time the proper aten k 1 I rn ranchmen In tim that t tf if t the Iho tt state have provided th with pear buirl burners iS 18 a as am tile they are piled leI which CUt can cn bo bl moved mo around 1 Aver lV I thy IH pear ar producing pm area and t th spines th burned off or ni tho the plant n as It I I Time Thu slight co scorching U the time plant during dur dur- ur- ur ing lag th time the spine burning 10 docs not nut nutte te to tu affect th this time taste for fOI cattle eat oat it I with wih and l It I 1 Is apparent that lund hall it not for tho time spines on this plant tl tho cattle catte would havo havu long since sinco 1 out Hut of or existence existence- Birmingham A Ag S |