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 



Page 



The Necessity for Emergency Feeds. . . 1 



The Machines 4 



Kinds of Feed. . 6 



Keys to Plants Described 9 



Other Plants Available . 10 



Distribution and Density 11 



Renewal after Cutting 13 



Quality of the Feed 14 



Page 



Quantity Fed 18 



Mechanical Condition of the Feed . . . 19 



Stock Losses from Using This Feed . . 20 



Cost of Feeding Soap Weed 20 



Importance of Emergency Feeds ... 22 



Argument for Feeding Range Stock . . 23 



Summary and Conclusions 25 



WASHINGTON 

 GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 



1918 





