LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. 



LUPINE (LUPINUS) IN COLORS Frontispiece 



THE OLD TYPE OF TEXAS LONG-HORN STEER 23 



THE CERTAIN RESULT OF OVERGRAZING 32 



A TYPICAL SOUTHWESTERN MOUNTAIN VALLEY RANGE IN THE YEL- 

 LOW PINE REGION 37 



A DESERT, OR MESQUITE RANGE, NEAR TUCSON, ARIZ 41 



ALFILERIA (ERODIUM CICUTARIUM) , "FILAREE" 42 



GALLETA (HILARIA RIGIDA), PRONOUNCED GUY-ET-TA 44 



NEEDLE OR DOGTOWN GRASS (ARISTIDA LONGISETA) 45 



BUFFALO GRASS (BULBILIS DACTYLOIDES) 46 



CURLY OR CREEPING MESQUITE (HILARIA CENHROIDES) 47 



BERMUDA GRASS (CAPRIOLA DACTYLON) 48 



BLUE GRAMA GRASS (BOUTELOUA OLIGOSTACHYA) 51 



HAIRY GRAMA GRASS (BOUTELOUA VESTITA) 52 



BLACK GRAMA GRASS (MUHLENBERGIA PORTERI) 53 



SACATON (SPOROBOLUS AIROIDES), SOMETIMES CALLED SALT GRASS. . . 55 



SWEET SAGE OR "WINTER-FAT" (EUROTIA LAN ATA) 56 



SERVICE BERRY (AMELIANCHIER ALNIFOLIA) 59 



MOUNTAIN MAHOGANY (CERCOCARPUS PARVIFOLIUS) 60 



SEMI-DESERT SAGE RANGE IN WYOMING 62 



PRAIRIE JUNE GRASS (KOELERIA CRISTATA). 67 



BLUESTEM OR WESTERN WHEATGRASS (AGROPYRON SMITHII) 68 



MOUNTAIN BUNCH GRASS (FESTUCA VIRIDULA) 69 



BRIDGES BUILT TO CROSS SHEEP OVER THE BOISE RIVER IN IDAHO 



AND BLACK'S FORK, UTAH, UINTA NATIONAL FOREST 71 



BLUEGRASS (POA PRETENSIS) 73 



FOXTAIL (HARDEUM MURINUM) 74 



BRONCHO GRASS (BROMUS RUBENS) 75 



FESTUCA MYUROS (SOMETIMES CALLED POVERTY GRASS) 76 



A TYPICAL WESTERN STOCK RANCH (IN UTAH) 83 



TYPE OF SHORT-HORN BULL 93 



TYPE OF DEVON BULL 94 



TYPE OF HEREFORD BULL 94 



TYPE OF ANGUS BULL 95 



TYPE OF GALLOWAY BULL 96 



A PEN OF SHROPSHIRES 100 



A PAIR OF LINCOLNS 101 



HAMPSHIRE SHEEP 101 



RAMBOUILLET RAMS 102 



A COTSWOLD RAM 105 



A^BAND OF COMMON NEW MEXICO GOATS 107 



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