Prickly pear as stock feed / David Griffiths.
"Prickly pears may be fed to live stock in a green, succulent condition right from the field as needed. They require no curing, housing, or storage. In this they offer an advantage over most crops. They can be grown at a minimum expense, only the cost of planting and keeping down the weeds bein...
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| Format: | Government Document Book |
| Language: | English |
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Washington, D.C. :
U.S. Dept. of Agriculture,
1920.
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| Series: | Farmers' bulletin (United States. Department of Agriculture) ;
no. 1072. |
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Table of Contents:
- Importance of prickly pear
- Forms of prickly pear
- Distribution of prickly pears
- Composition and value of the forage
- Soil requirements
- Moisture requirements
- Temperature requirements
- Ideal conditions for growth
- Propagation
- Planting
- Cultivation
- Time of harvesting
- Yields
- Feeding prickly pears
- Transportation of prickly pears
- Stability of the spineless character
- How to obtain prickly pears
- Fruit and forage varieties.