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BULLETIN 191, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
The relative palatability and forage value of the different species 
making up the second-weed-stage consociation are summarized in 
Table 4. Palatability is here classed as high, medium, low, negative, 
and objectionable; abundance as dense, moderately dense, scattered, 
and very scattered. Of the 27 species listed, 17, or 63 per cent, are 
either highly or moderately palatable to sheep; while only 9, or 33 
Bladder pod 
(Lesquerella utahensis). 
Plantain 
{Plantago twecdi/i). 
Fig. 16. — Plants characteristic ofthe early second-weed stage. 
per cent, and 5, or 18 per cent, are either highly or moderately 
palatable to cattle and horses, respectively. Those of low forage 
value number 8, or 30 per cent, in the case of sheep, none being listed 
as negative in forage value ; in the case of cattle 16, or 59 per cent, are 
low or negative in palatability; and in the case of horses 20, or 71 
per cent, are listed in the same category. The species of greatest 
abundance are much more palatable to sheep than to cattle and 
horses. Accordingly, it is evident that, so far as the forage is con- 
