li.h.i 



WORin\'OOD 



as its name iiuiilirs, antlichn iiil ir iiiM|H4't 

 now, lor no appart-nl i-eason other- ihau cai . ., , 

 tioe, they are Less popular witli tlie professiuniliail 'i\',r- 

 merly. In doniestie luedk-ine thev are employed as nim- 

 tione<l and as a dinretie; locally a's a fonienta'tion' or as a 

 deooelion willi viuei;-ar to ulcers, sprains and hruises' 

 In the dry state they are occasion.allv placed anion-' 

 clothing as a moth repellant. Fornn-i-lv Wormwood was 

 used by brewers to enilntter and in-rs'cr\-e li(|uoi-- but 

 at the present time it Hnds Ms nn.si exiensive use as 

 the principal iutrredient in absintln-, in the nniiniraclu're 

 of which peppermint, angeli.-a. anisr. cloves and cinna- 

 mon are also inp-edients. Acl-onlin^■ lo Hlvihe tlie 

 green color of this li.|uor is due not to Win-mwood but 

 to the chlorophyll of spinach, parsby or m-ttb-s. Tin- 

 plant may be grown without trouble in light, dry rather 



Wr03l]Ni_i 



11)1)1 



lb"'l-. Ibi- incbnb-s tln-bi.d, mountain ranges, which 

 ;'," ■' '■"';■ •^>'' '■■'Vnred will, lo,-ests iba.t ,-atch and hold 

 II"- winter snow, lln- n„-hin- ot wbicli supplies the nu- 

 iin-rons pe,-.-nnn,l .n-eams flowing in every dii-eclinn 

 Ironi tlie mountain summits. In il„. uortb an- cnlli- 

 yated areas at less tluui :i„luil fc-i-t alfilude. and farmino- 

 ■s practn-,-d on hi^b plaleans ,„■ in mounlaiu valleys up 



_,.,„j, , ,, , , , ,,^,. braces an .-irea 355 uules 



tin 



I" .S,(IIIO feet. Wyoniir 



St to wesi and -_'7(i mib-s Ironi north to south, in 

 ^ery hear ol tin- Ko,-ky Mountain region. As would 

 -- expected tin-n- ns gT.-.-,t diversity of soil, climate and 

 expo-sure. ihc-e a,-n wind-swept plains, rolling np- 

 l^.nds, protected^ mounlain valleys and bottom-Tands 

 along streams, wtrh .-ormsponding lengths of the grow- 

 ing season, free from frost, of from eighty days or less 

 to nnu-e than one huinlred and liftv days'. The mean 



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2751. Map of "WyominEr, sho-wing horticultural possibilities. 

 The areas marked b.v setiil-circk-s are ileserts. Tin- areas shaded by diagonal lines ba\-o an altitude of k-s^ than 0,000 feet. 



poor garden soil from seed wdiich, owing to its small 

 size, should be started where it may not be washed out 

 or packed down by rain. When large enough to set out 

 the few sprecimens necessary to furnish a family supply 

 shonld be pilaced not closer than In in, ea(-h way tin- 

 first year. If alternate plants lie removed with a good 

 ball of earth early in the following spring and planted 

 30 in, apart, they will be sufficiently close togetlier and 

 the transplanted ones shonld suffer from no check. 

 Ripened cuttings taken in March or Cictober may la- 

 used for propagation, f'lean cultivation and slight an- 

 nual dressings of manure are the only cdln-r reipiisites. 

 In the rniddle western states there are sr-veral l-M-alities 

 where Wormwood is gro\vn for export. yf_ (; Tyaixs. 



WKEATH, PUKPLE. 

 Peter's W. See tipium 



See Pftrca enlithili 



St. 



WYCH ELM. Chimx scrihra. 



WYOMING, HORTICTTLTUKE IN. Fig. 2751. The 

 agricultural land in Wsoming is at a higher average 

 altitude than that in any ofber state, being about 0,0110 

 feet above the sea. As shown in the accompanying nuip 

 more than on<--half the total tirea is above (;,OoO feet al- 



annual temperature vtiries fr 

 about 50° b\ 



The rainfall is as little 

 the Red Desert and reacl 

 more on the high motiuta 

 cultural regions is alM.ut 



less than 40° F. to 



as 4 (u- li inches per annum in 

 n-s a maximum of 30 inches or 

 ins. Tin- average tor the agri- 

 12 inchi-s. With the exception 

 of a very small area in the northeastern part of the 

 state, and small valleys at liigh altitudes in the moun- 

 tains, where some fptickly growing plants -n'ill mature 

 ^\-itliout b(--ing .-irtiticially watered, no crops can be 

 raised witlioiit irri^alion. It has been estimated that 

 there is sntlirieid watnr supply to rerl.-iim about k^.nnO,- 

 0110 acres of agricultural land,' and about L', Olio, 000 acres 

 are already (-overed by ii-rigatiou canals. 



Tin- nafural conditions imike live-stock husbandry of 

 paramount importance. The soil is cultivated ]u-inci- 

 pally to increase tin- amouut of stock fooil and liltle 

 intensive farming lias I.Mcn inauguraled. Some ranches 

 extend 10-15 miles along the streams, and some of them 

 have not yet known the use of a plow except in the 

 construction of the ditches to irrigate the native 

 moadows. The state is yet in the transition period be- 

 tween the tinte of the nomadic stockman, or the large 

 stock ranch and range business, and the time of fiernia- 

 neiit home - building and a stable agriculture. In the 



