India rubber world . dom found in the territory surround-ing old mines, where in former yearsGuayule wood, on account of its excel-lent heating capacity, was used as fuelfor ore roasting and for bakers ovens. The fact, however, that some young plants are found even insuch unfavorable spots, makes it likely that they have been de-veloped from such seeds as were either stamped into the groundby goats (as these animals are the ones which commonly grazein the Guayule territories), or had been dropped by these ani-mals, and thus found favorable conditions of development inthe animal excrements. It
India rubber world . dom found in the territory surround-ing old mines, where in former yearsGuayule wood, on account of its excel-lent heating capacity, was used as fuelfor ore roasting and for bakers ovens. The fact, however, that some young plants are found even insuch unfavorable spots, makes it likely that they have been de-veloped from such seeds as were either stamped into the groundby goats (as these animals are the ones which commonly grazein the Guayule territories), or had been dropped by these ani-mals, and thus found favorable conditions of development inthe animal excrements. It would, in fact, beditlicult to find anyother explanation for the enormous growth of the Guayuleplant in small, isolated places (having usually the size of theresting places of the goat herds), as such accumulations of Guay-ule plants would otherwise be found in the lowest places at *Trans)ated for Thk India kuimi:R World from Der rroJ>inpjlanzer (Berlin),IX Jahrg., Nr. 5. t Phoiographed for The India Rubber THE GUAYULE PLANT. + times covered by surface water if the seeds had been carriedalong by the rainfall. In some districts, such as the territory surrounding Saltillo,it is said that the goats are doing considerable damage to thedevelopment of the Guayule by frequently feeding on the leavesof the young shoots. That these animals, however,should dieby eating Guayule leaves appears very unlikely. Land ownersand managers had not observed any such results, although theknotted ends of the branches showed that the leaves and repro-duction shoots of the Guayule plants growing on their landshad often been gnawed by goats. The general opinion is that the Guayule gradually commencesto die ofT after a life of about 15 years. The stumps of treesthat have been cut down are said to soon sprout again and toproduce, after a lapse of several years,new plants ready for cutting. How longthe time is that must elapse appears tobe still unknown. As the Guayuleloots, however, break easil
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