The Spineless Cactus for Forage 



For all Livestock Including Poultry 



The leaves or slabs of the spineless 

 cactus are used for food for all kinds of 

 stock including poultry. The whole plant, 

 both the leaves and the fruit, almost 

 without exception, finds immediate favor 

 with all herbiverous animals. 



They actually prefer it to almost any 

 other food. More than that, it makes a 

 superior quality of beef and exceedingly 

 rich milk. This is not surprising as the 

 cactus is one of the richest foods known 

 in sodium, potash and magnesium, which 

 are the principal salts found in milk. 



These valuable organic salts are found 

 in the cactus more abundantly than in 

 any other food. 



The fact is often observed that ani- 

 mals, when fed on cactus, improve in con- 

 dition more than can be accounted for by 

 the usual chemical analysis for food 

 values. It has been a matter of much 

 study by chemists until it was discovered 

 by actual experiment that the organic 

 mineral salts, known as sodium, potash 

 and magnesia aided in the digestion of 

 food, which was not otherwise assimi- 

 lated and utilized by the animal. 



"The Burbank Spineless Cactus will 

 prove especially valuable in feeding dairy 

 cattle, as it will furnish a succulent feed 

 throughout the entire year, so that an 

 even flow of milk can be obtained. 



A Single Burbank Spineless Cactus Plant 



