CERTAIN DESERT PLANTS AS EMERGENCY STOCK PEED. 27 



be sustained, and war-time selling prices will tend to compensate for 

 such expenses as may result from the policy adopted. 



These emergency feed plants are all well adapted to the climatic 

 and soil conditions of the region in which they grow and are capable 

 of withstanding the most prolonged droughts which occur in that 

 region. They grow vigorously during favorable seasons and less so 

 during unfavorable ones, but as long as they grow they are storing 

 up food in what is in reality a living, self -filling silo. There is reason 

 to believe that the feed is in its best condition at the very time that 

 it is most needed, i. e., in the period of excessive drought. The feed 

 is fresh and may be used at any time. The "silo" will refill itself in 

 many cases if given time. Careful consideration of the subject leads 

 to the judgment that these plants should be used only for emergency 

 conditions, and that they should be allowed to grow during favorable 

 seasons. 



