Through storyland to sunset seas : what four people saw on a journey through the Southwest to the Pacific coast . ction with respectto many points in Texas, Arizonaand New Mexico. But there seems to be a gooddeal of verdure out on thoseplains, I said. Yes, replied the Colonel,the soil is so rich that grassgrows with the slightest encour-agement. Cattle in vast numbersgraze here and find abundant pas-turage. Besides that there aresome forage plants peculiar to thesoil and climate. For instance,there is the grease plant, which,even when green, burns as tho saturated with kerosene. The Siempre Vi
Through storyland to sunset seas : what four people saw on a journey through the Southwest to the Pacific coast . ction with respectto many points in Texas, Arizonaand New Mexico. But there seems to be a gooddeal of verdure out on thoseplains, I said. Yes, replied the Colonel,the soil is so rich that grassgrows with the slightest encour-agement. Cattle in vast numbersgraze here and find abundant pas-turage. Besides that there aresome forage plants peculiar to thesoil and climate. For instance,there is the grease plant, which,even when green, burns as tho saturated with kerosene. The Siempre Vivaor Plant of Eternal Life, or resurrection plant, as it is variously called, oftenhas the appearance of being dead, but opens up in water, and becomes greenand thrifty even after years. The most peculiar growth is that which iscalled the loco plant. It comes out in the early spring before the grasssprouts, and when cattle eat it a species of insanity seizes them. Itaffects horses in the same way, and the plainsmen describe the mania by A good manymillions ofacres that costlis a greatmany millionsof Private enter-prise is takingthe matter inhand. A MISSION WINDOW, SAN ANTONIO. Herbagepeculiar to theTexas plains.
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