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and quadrupled in productiveness with a good 

 prospect of increasing it one thousand per cent 

 constitutes a forage plant that is in a class quite 

 by itself. 



The importance of this forage plant is already 

 widely appreciated, but it will be more and more 

 fully understood as the years go by. 



ENORMOUS PRODUCTIVITY or THE NEW 

 OPUNTIAS 



Not only is the quality of forage produced by 

 the new species of Opuntias of a character to 

 recommend it most highly, but the quantity of 

 forage produced by a given acreage is altogether 

 without precedent. Moreover, being available 

 throughout the year in a succulent form, 

 it is peculiarly valuable for feeding milch 

 cows, producing a greatly increased flow of 

 milk. 



The plants grow rapidly from cuttings, and 

 only a few months are required to produce a 

 growth that begins to present forage possibilities. 



Of course it will be better to allow the plants 

 to grow for two or three years, and thus* attain 

 large size, before slabs are cut away. But after 

 that the new growth may be removed from time 

 to time as required, and the plant will be a con- 

 stant forage producer for a century at least. 



