CERTAIN DESERT PLANTS AS EMERGENCY STOCK FEED. 



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Table I. — Chemical analyses of different emergency feeds, with corn stover and hay com- 

 parisons. 



Name of plant, place of 

 collection, etc. 



Bate of 

 collection. 



Kind of material. 



Identifica- 

 tion. 



Constitutents, water-free 

 basis (per cent). 



Yucca elata: 



Willcox, Ariz.i 



Tucson, Ariz. 1 



Las Cruces, N. Mex. 2 . . 



Jornada Reserve 3 . 

 Deming, N. Mex.3 . 

 Willcox, Ariz. 3 



Deming, N. Mex. 



Average of all speci- 

 mens. 



Kjucca glauca: 



Elida, N. Mex.3 



Yucca macrocarpa: 



State College, N. Mex.3. 

 Yucca baccata: 



Florida Mountains, N. 

 Mex.3 

 Yucca brevifolia (?): 



Near Vail, Ariz. 3 



Yucca rupicola: 



Sonora, Tex. 3 



Samuela f axoniana: 



Sierra Blanca, TexA. 

 Dasylirion texanum: 



Sonora, Tex.3 



Dasylirion wheeleri: 



State College, N. Mex. 



Florida Mountains, N. 



Mex. 3 



Average of all anal- 

 yses. 



Nolina erumpens: 



Sonora, Tex.3 



Nolina microcarpa: 



Jornada Reserve 2 



Agave lechuguilla: 



El Paso, Tex. 3 



Averages for comparison: 5 

 Corn stover (ears re- 

 moved, 183 analyses) 

 Prairie hay (western, 



42 analyses). 

 Alfalfa hay (250 anal- 

 yses). 



1918 



1918 



Oct., 1917 



....do 



1917 



Oct., 1917 



May 19, 1913.. 

 Aug. 24, 1910. 

 May 24, 1917.. 



Feb., 1918.... 



Young stems 



Old stems 



Heads and leaves. 



Stem 



Silage 



Dry leaves 



Flower stalk 



Leaves 



do 



r Stem 



L Leaves and stem. 



Ariz. No. 1.. 

 Ariz. No. 2.. 



N. Mex. exp. 

 sta. 



E.O.W.7137 

 D. G. 10090 

 Ranchman 

 E.O.W.7236 

 E.O.W.7237 



5.6 

 9.2 



[6.0 

 6.9 



)6.2 



16.8 

 7. 5 



12.1 

 5.0 

 9.8 

 4.6 



7.5 

 3.1 

 6.3 

 4.3 

 6.3 

 2.9 

 18.4 

 6.5 

 3.8 

 6.3 

 3.1 



16.1 

 19.6 

 30.9 

 24.0 

 37.4 

 38.9 

 26.8 

 24.9 

 19.9 

 25.9 

 39.4 



7. L 



7.5 



l.ii 



Mar. 30, 1918.. 



Mar. 27, 1918.. 

 Mar. 10, 1918.. 



Mar. 14, 1918.. 

 Apr. 1,1918.. 



Apr. 5, 1918.. 

 Apr. 1,1915.. 



(Leaves 



\Stems and roots. 



Leaves and stems. 

 ....do 



/Stems . 

 1 Leaves. 



Leaves and stems. 



Leaves 



Stem, old part . . . 

 Stem, young part. 



Leaves. 

 Head.. 

 Stems. 



Oct., 1917 2... 

 Mar. 10, 1918.. 



Head 



I ....do 

 Dry leaves 

 Unblossomed head 

 Green leaves 



Head 



JE.O.W.7243 



E.O.W.7249 

 E.O.W.7238 



Je.O.W.7242 

 E.O.W.7245 



1e.O.W.7248 

 Ie.O.W.7247 



N. Mex. exp. 

 sta. 



E.O.W.7239 



/8.8 

 \7.3 



4.6 



r 9.4 



[12. 7 



7.3 



[8.5 

 5.6 



|7.2 



3.5 

 3.5 

 7.3 



[4.6 



4.2 

 3.1 



5.8 

 [4.5 

 4.4 



5.7 



5.8 



7.2 



5.5 



2.8 

 13.4 



5.1 

 6.6 

 17.6 



4.6 

 5.4 

 2.3 

 11.5 

 4.6 

 4.2 



2.x 



1.2 



32.7 

 25.2 



43.1 

 34.1 



20.0 

 39.1 



37.3 



24.5 

 33.6 

 11.4 



41.7 

 20.1 

 26.5 



24.3 



30.7 

 44.4 

 28.8 

 39.6 

 29.2 



4.3 



5. 5 



2.4 



32.9 



Apr. 1,1918... 

 Oct., 1917 



Mar. 26, 1918.. 



Whole plant.. 

 Leaves 



Whole plant.. 



E.O.W.7246 



N. Mex. exp. 

 sta. 



E.O.W.7244 



3.7 



4.4 



6.5 



S.6 



16.3 



41.8 

 46.6 



32.5 

 33.9 

 32.6 

 31.0 



1 Thornber, J. J. Soap weed or palmilla ( Yucca elata) as emergency forage. Ariz. Agr. Exp. Sta., Timely 

 Hints for Farmers 135, 7 p., 1 fig. 1918. 



2 New Mexico Experiment Station, Press Bulletin 301. 



3 Analysis made in the Cattle Feeds and Grain Investigations Laboratory of the U. S. Bureau of Chem- 

 istry, under the direction of Mr. G. L. Bidwell. 



4 Goss, Arthur. Principles of stock feeding and some New Mexico feeding stuffs. N. Mex. Agr. Exp. 

 Sta. Bui. 17, p. 21-54. 1895. 



& Henry, W. A., and Morrison, F. B. Feeds and Feeding. ... ed. 16, p. 633-646. Madison, Wis., 1916. 



