Bui. 745, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture. 



PLATE I 



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FIG. I. SOAPWEED PLANTS WHICH HAVE BEEN EXTENSIVELY GRAZED BY CATTLE 

 ON AN OVERGRAZED RANGE. 



Such general grazing of soapweed and stubby appearance of the plants are good indications that 



the range is overstocked. 











FIG. 2. BREEDING CATTLE BEING FED FROM 15 TO 20 POUNDS OF SOAPWEED 

 WITH FROM I TO \ 1 A POUNDS OF COTTONSEED MEAL PER DAY TO MAINTAIN 



THEM THROUGH A DROUGHT AT THE JORNADA RANGE RESERVE. 



Over 1,000 poor cows on the Reserve were fed between January 20 and June 15, 1918, and thousands 

 of head were fed a similar ration on other stock ranches of the Southwest during the spring 

 of 1918. 



FIG. 3. CUTTING AND LOADING SOAPWEED. 



Four men with two wagons and eight mules can cut and hauls tons per dav when tha ban! 



is not over 2 miles. 



