UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

 BULLETIN No. 728 



Contribution from the Bureau of Plant Industry 

 WM. A. TAYLOR, Chief 



Washington, D. C. 



December 18, 1918 



CERTAIN DESERT PLANTS AS 

 EMERGENCY STOCK FEED 



By 

 E. O. WOOTON, Agriculturist 



CONTENTS 



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• 9 



Other Plants Available ....... 10 



Distribution and Density 11 



Renewal after Cutting 13 



Quality of the Feed 14 



The Necessity for: Emergency Feeds. 

 The Machines ........ 



Kinds of Feed 



Keys to Plants Described .... 



Quantity Fed 



Mechanical Condition of the Feed . 

 Stock Losses from Using This Feed 

 Cost of Feeding Soap Weed . . . 

 Importance of Emergency Feeds . 

 Argument for Feeding Range Stock 

 Summary and Conclusions • . . 



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WASHINGTON 

 GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 



1918 



