Show encouraging prickly pear growth the department of agriculture is promoting the distribution of the best of prickly pears and Is aiding farmers in starting a plantation of thern throughout regions of tile the southwest x est adapted to the ilie growth of the plant the crop is heeded by plowing under slabs of tile the cactus cultivating the crop aich Is harvested and usually hauled to the feeding lots As eight ti tiling billiel lliel us its much tonnage can ann be obtained under cultivation as where gron gron it on pastures uncultivated the intensive met 1104 Is iD preferred referred |