Chopped Soapweed as Emergency Feed for Cattle on Southwestern Ranges (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Chopped Soapweed as Emergency Feed for Cattle on Southwestern Ranges Severe droughts which occur at intervals of from three to ten years have in the past caused severe setbacks to the range cattle industry in the Southwest through the greatly reduced crop of range. Forage during such periods and the lack of an economical feed as a substitute. A substitute, which is satisfactory to a large extent at any rate, has been found in soapweed (yucca elata). On the range soapweed is important as forage. Stock eat the leaves of the plant when other more palatable vegetation is scarce. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.