ZACATOlSr AS A PAPER- MAKING MATERIAL. 



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of the grass for pulp manufacture in sections where there are large 

 acreages of luxuriant growth and where the cost of collecting the raw 

 material in commercial quantities is not prohibitive. 





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Wta. 7. -An average tuft and two small tufts <>f zacaton «rass. 



The writers have not as yet been able to obtain accurate figures as 

 to the production of roots in pounds, but such figures as are available 

 indicate a total production of from three to five million pounds per 



6826°— Bull. 809—16 2 + 



