CERTAIN DESERT PLANTS AS EMERGENCY STOCK FEED. 



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Mexico, and Texas. The number of cattle that these 13 outfits were 

 feeding aggregated almost 10,000 head. The details of investment 

 and expense connected with these outfits are shown in Table II. 



Table II. — Expenses of maintenance of outfits for shredding soap weed and cost of feeding 



the prepared product. 





Kind of 

 machine.' 1 



Engine. 



Investment. 





Expenses 



per month. 



•d 

 *2 



"3 



a 

 •a 



03 



*s 



03 



u 



03 



ft 



State and 

 record. 



03 



ft 

 ft 



O 

 A 



o 



oj 



a 



a 

 S 



o 



a 



a 



03 



"3 

 "8 



EH 



03 



03 

 O 



03 



0) 



a> 



o 



w 



'3 

 1 



03 

 PR 



13 . 



fl.2 



o 



M 



03 



a 



M 



sa 



a> o3 

 ft 



o 

 O 



New Mexico: 

 No. 1 



A 



10 H. P... 



14 H. P... 

 12 H. P... 

 10 H. P... 

 14H.P... 



14 H. P... 



12 H. P... 

 7H.P.... 

 12H. P... 



12H.P... 



$280 



618 

 600 

 104 

 615 



600 



560 

 150 



75 



375 

 530 

 360 

 155 



1275 



600 

 545 

 300 

 433 



600 



300 

 350 

 250 



500 

 267 

 385 

 150 



$750 



1,600 

 400 

 500 

 260 



1,000 



640 

 250 

 400 



1,200 

 925 

 450 

 450 



$1,305 



2,818 



1,545 



904 



1,308 



2,200 



1,500 

 750 



725 



2,075 



1,722 



1,195 



755 



$210 



405 

 205 

 135 

 30 



40 



240 



200 



50 



295 

 160 

 120 

 60 



$105 



250 

 75 

 90 

 10 



14 



175 

 66 

 20 



105 

 60 

 75 

 30 



$60 



60 

 25 

 30 

 10 



6 



60 

 20 

 30 



165 

 105 

 90 

 76 



$40 



75 

 6 

 9 

 3 



9 



30 



26 



5 



75 



62 



7 



101 



$26 



44 

 13 

 8 

 11 



18 



13 

 6 

 6 



15 

 14 

 10 



8 



$11 



24 

 13 

 8 

 11 



15 



13 

 6 

 6 



15 

 14 

 10 

 6 



1,040 



2,000 

 400 

 600 

 800 



200 



450 

 383 

 200 



1,200 



1,600 



600 



200 



$0.44 



Texas: 



No. 2 



B 



.43 



No. 3 



B 



84 



No. 4 







.47 



No. 5 



B 



6.10 



New Mexico: 

 No. 6 > 



B 



.51 



Arizona: 



No. 7 



B 



1 18 



No. 8 



D 



.85 



No. 9 



New Mexico: 

 No. 10 



Silage cut- 

 ter. 



A 



.59 

 .56 



No. 11 



B 



.26 



No. 12 



A 





.52 



No. 13 



D 



Automo- 

 bile. 



cl.40 









Total 



5,007 

 385 



4,970 

 382 



8,825 

 679 



18, 802 

 1,447 



2,150 

 165 



1,075 

 83 



337 



57 



448 

 34 



192 

 15 



154 

 12 



9,673 











.49 











a The Office of Forage-Crop Investigations of the Bureau of Plant Industry will be glad to answer any 

 inquiries regarding machines and their manufacturers. 



b This figure is quite small because the animals were young and were being fed only 5 or 6 pounds of 

 chopped feed per day. 



c This figure is very large on account of the character of fuel it was necessary to use in the engine, which 

 was bought at a very high price. Most of the other gas engines used distillate. This engine had to have 

 gasoline. These figures correct each other in the average. 



It will be seen that depreciation and interest charges have been 

 made against the entire value of the investment that is in any way 

 used for the preparation or feeding of the soap weed. Included in 

 this investment is the value of teams, wagons, and harness, as well 

 as saddle horses, and sometimes gas engines, that are normal equip- 

 ment of the ranch and which are used for other purposes. To the 

 extent that they are used for other purposes during the period when 

 feeding is being done, the charge becomes an overcharge to the 

 feeding cost and the results obtained are to that extent in excess of 

 the truth. It is safe to say that the average cost of 50 cents per 

 head per month for feeding the soap weed is a fair average upon 

 which to estimate where the haul is not too great. And no stockman 

 ^ill hesitate to incur such an expense to save his stock. As will be 

 seen, all the various kinds of machines in use are represented. There 

 was no attempt to select any special kind. Every user of any kind 

 of machine from whom the writer could get definite information was 



