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Prosopis juliflora (Screw-beau, uiesquit tree). 



The leaves are very good browsing for horses and cattle. It 

 bears two crops of beans a year, which are next to barley for 

 fattening purposes, for horses, sheep, cattle, and hogs. This 

 tree is the chief timber of this Territory for fencing and fuel. 

 The small branches bear sharp thorns; it grows chiefly in good 

 soil in* the valleys and mountains^becoining very scrubby on 

 the mesa lauds. 



Tribulus maximus. 



This herb grows very abundantly all over the country when there 

 is plenty of rain. It runs along on the grouud, and has a 

 small yellow flower. The cattle eat it all by licking it up from 

 the ground. We know of no name for it. 



Atriplex canescens (Sage-brush). 



This grows in the higher valleys and on the mesas or table-lands. 

 It is of a shrubby character, and attains a height of 10 feet. 

 The leaves and small twigs are eaten by cattle, and in some 

 parts of the Territory there is nothing else for feed. Stock 

 keep fat upon it, but it gives milk a bad flavor. Bees obtain 

 honey from the blossoms. 



Cyperus strigosus (Tula-grass). 



This grass grows in the swampy lands of this valley, attaining 

 the height of 4 feet. It is relished by all stock. 



