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. Prosopis juliflora (Screw-bean, mesquit tree). 
The leaves are very good browsing for horses and cattle. It 
bears two crops of beans a year, which are next to barley for 
fattening purposes, for horses, sheep, cattle, and hogs. This 
tree is the chief timber of this Territory for fencing and fuel. 
The small branches bear sharp thorns; it grows chiefly in good 
soil in the valleys and mountains, becoming very scrubby on 
the mesa lands. 
Tribulus maximus. 
is herb grows very abundantly all over the country when there 
is plenty of rain. It runs along on the ground, and has a 
small yellow flower. The cattle eat it all by licking it up from 
the ground. We know of no name for it. 
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Atriplex canescens ( Sage-brush). 
is grows inthe higher valleys and on the mesas or table-lands. 
It is of a shrubby character, and attains a height of 10 feet. 
The leaves and small twigs are eaten by cattle, aud in some 
parts of the Territory there is nothing else for feed. Stock 
keep fat upon it, but it gives milk a bad flavor. Bees obtain 
honey from the blossoms. 
Cyperus strigosus (Tula-grass). : 
This grass grows in the Swampy lands of this valley, attaining 
the height of 4 feet. It is relished by all stock. 
