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AMERICAN FORESTRY 



which grow abundantly, been 

 utilized in this way. Both of 

 the latter are well adapted for 

 feed, but because the food ma- 

 terial is found mainly in the 

 tree-like trunk it is necessary 

 that they be ground or chopped 

 finely before stock can eat them. 



The machines used for cut- 

 ting Yucca have heavy cylinders 

 carrying teeth or knives that 

 rotate before a chopping block 

 to which the plants are fed. 

 One of the larger machines run 

 by a 12 or 14 horsepower engine 

 with a crew of 3 men will chop 

 or shred about two tons of soap- 

 weed an hour. 



If fed alone, this feed may be 

 expected to keep stock from 



starving; if fed with concentrates a properly balanced 

 ration may be worked out. The customary practice 

 among users of this feed is to give young stock six to 



This 



SAVED FROM DEATH BY STARVATION 



Bunch of cattle which were saved from starvation by the feeding of Yucca, or soap-weed. Some of the 

 stock here shown were unable to get to their feet without assistance before the Yucca was fed. 



A TYPICAL STAND OF YUCCA, OR SOAP-WEED 

 ill furnish an emergency food for dry seasons when other range plants fail. 



twelve pounds per day with one-half to three- fourths 

 of a pound of cottonseed cake or meal. Mature stock are 

 given 20 to 40 pounds and 1 to 2 pounds of the cottonseed 

 concentrate daily. Fifteen to 25 

 pounds per day fed alone will 

 save stock from dying. Prac- 

 tically the only cost in using this 

 feed is in its preparation and it 

 is estimated that when 20 pounds 

 is fed per day this cost amounts 

 to only 50 cents per month. 



Yucca should be regarded as 

 an emergency feed only, the 

 specialists say. It makes a very 

 slow growth and only two spe- 

 cies soap weed and bear grass 

 may be expected to renew 

 themselves if cut off. The bear 

 grass of the New Mexico-Texas 

 plains region will produce a new 

 crop in three or four years, 

 while soap weed requires from 

 ten to fifteen years. 



GOVERNOR LOWDEN ENDORSES TREE PLANTING 



'T'HE importance of wood as building material and 

 * the necessity for conservation of trees is recognized 

 by Gov. Frank O. Lowden of Illinois as paramount issues 

 in the economic life of the country. He has often urged 

 tree planting in the state. 



In a recent article in the Chicago Tribune Governor 

 Lowden said: 



"I know of no single acre of land in Illinois, even 

 though it be not suited to cultivation, that cannot be 

 made to produce trees successfully. We shall, if we 

 are wise, make laws whereby every acre, which will not 



produce wheat or corn, will be made to grow trees. 



"It may be that we shall be wise enough to exempt 

 these lands from taxation, saying to the owner: 'Plant 

 this little tract to trees and we shall tax you nothing, 

 requiring only that when your children or your grand- 

 children harvest them they shall pay a fair percentage 

 of the proceeds into the treasury of the state.' " 



"You would not only set these little acres to work 

 for the profit of both the state and the owner, but the 

 growing forest upon the farm will help to tie the children 

 to the farm." 



