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8,000 feet altitude. It grows a foot or two high, with finely 

 divided leaves and whitish flowers. The plant has a rather 

 unpleasant odor. Our observance was that sheep would eat it, 

 but did not seem to be particularly fond of it. According to 

 Prof. Coville* this plant is " A favorite feed of sheep, found in a 

 great variety of situations, usually in open ground. It is very 

 eagerly sought after by the sheep in spring, but later in the 

 season it becomes dry and less palatable." 



Mr. Jared G. Smith** speaks of it as follows: " In this 

 country it is usually considered a weed, but in Europe, and 

 especially in England, is held to be a very valuable addition to 

 she9p pastures." 



MEADOW SAGE. 



{Artemisia vulgaris, Linnj.var. Calif ornica, Besser.) 



This plant grows about two feet high, with notched leaves, 

 which are green above and white-cottony beneath. It was found 

 quite abundantly on the outskirts of the meadows on Talbot's- 

 range. Sheep readily eat the leaves, but do not seem to care for 

 the stems and flowers. 



TARWEED. 

 {Madia sativa, Molina.) 



An annual plant growing from one to three feet high, with a 

 rank odor, and sticky leaves and stems. It was found abundantly 

 on dry hillsides in the sagebrush country around Newcomb Lake, 

 Nevada. According to Mr. Jared G. Smith, f " Its chief merit is 

 its rapid growth. It is cultivated in the arid southwest and Cali- 

 fornia, and makes a palatable and nutritious food for sheep. An 

 excellent lubricating oil is extracted from the seeds." 



^Bulletin 15, Division of Forestry, U. S. Departmentof Agriculture, p. 26. 



**Bulletin 2, Division of Agrostology, U. S. Department of Agriculture, 

 ? 7- 



fBulletiri 2, Division of Agrostology, U. S. Department of Agriculture, 

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