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next year. This false idea of economy would very soon lead to 

 the total destruction of the forage plants, as they would be severely 

 trampled on and eaten to such an extent that they w r ould be 

 unable to survive. 



The many millions of free public range are doomed to de- 

 struction if the present methods of control are not changed, and 

 for this reason the 5,000,000 acres controlled by the railroad and 

 the 2,000,000 odd acres purchased from the State by individuals 

 should be judiciously handled. It is to them only that a direct 

 benefit can be derived by following up some of the suggestions in 

 the following section of this bulletin. Much of the material 

 offered in this bulletin can only be of value provided that some 

 legislative action is taken by the Government for the just control 

 of the public range. 



DESCRIPTION OF PLANTS. 



PARSLEY FAMILY. 



(Umbelli ferae.} 



This interesting family may be best called to mind by such 

 plants as the carrot, parsnip and parsley, in common cultivation 

 in our gardens. It contains about 1,300 species, distributed 

 mainly throughout the temperate regions. The members of this 

 family may generally be recognized by their peculiar smell, which 

 is sometimes quite pleasant. Although a large proportion of them 

 are edible, yet there are a few exceedingly poisonous ones which 

 it would be well for sheep and cattle owners to become 

 acquainted with. The most dangerous, and one which is quite 

 frequently met with in Nevada along the banks of irrigation 

 ditches, is the wild parsnip or water-hemlock. It resembles the 

 common garden parsnip very closely, but differs from it in having 

 white instead of yellow flowers. Believing that the time has come 

 when especial precautions should be taken to eradicate this plant 

 in our State, the following extracts are taken from Bulletin 26, 

 Division of Botany, U. S. Department of Agriculture, entitled 



