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Atriplex confer tifolium (White sage ; shad scale). A native 

 saltbush, growing on the high plains of Nevada and Utah, where it 

 furnishes a considerable part of the winter forage. It grows on 

 alkali spots, and is worthy of cultivation in attempts to reclaim 

 lands which are too strongly alkaline to produce better forage 

 plants. 



FIG. 4. Shad scale (Atriplex canescens). 



nircn (Ramie; cloth plant; China grass plant; ramie 

 grass). This well-known fibre plant, which has been introduced 

 rather widely throughout the United States in the last twenty years, 

 furnishes a large amount of forage of fair quality. It is eaten well 

 by all kinds of stock ; so that wherever this plant is grown for its 

 fibre it is well to remember that it will also furnish valuable feed. 



llrnssh-ti inipns (Winter rape ; rape ; dwarf Essex rape). A 

 succulent and nutritious forage plant, closely related to the Swede 

 turnips. It is adapted to deep, rich, and warm loams and sandy 

 soils. It has been widely cultivated in the northern United States 

 and Canada, and succeeds on any rich and well-drained soil, 

 provided the summers are not too hot and dry. If the ground 



