Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-07-26
A Single Seed Imported Long
Ago Frsn Ssnih West Meant
AiIlisas Of Dollars
EFFECT ON
SUGAR GROWING
Cattle Interests Which Destroy
Forests In Direct Opposition
To Sugar Industry

A single mssaute SEED anpesd
FROM lie soshves. AMI rlaite3 IL
Honoss ia .ss, has pFosd
and spread nrtli ii The Hawaiian Isl.
anda to4sy taers ate 58AS0 acres "a
The taEaoas pant os the slkall pains
u Arizona ard Sew Aexse Tire
most remarkable feature Of the man
ner iii which the deseyf grcath has
taken rect On foreign ard tropical
soss Ass u tue fact that she mesquite
has completely changed IL character
and ~ sastiy different from he gar.
ert tree % tAs wes
II Hawaii the mesquite Nth It'll
change II a~ppeafatce, has reserved .
nee MARIE. tie 4gsroa ara sEs
tree traasplanted from ) single reed,
has been the raezns II bringing Ha
wal 20 the terefroat ana1ag
EugsrprEsciag ssztss ~ tie wcrd.
Tie Arizona msssuits las produced
assorage reserve II SAFER. ALL water
81 shst ire SMEAR fields need
III fle Hawaiian ssI2n forest pre-
s~eryatson n now 4 great asd tmm
dizte necessity ana i report II she
agricultural department On Tie sab
sect II now being prepare Cats
raising a declared Il conflicting
severely xHh ihe ssg m cane i
The herds tuFae5 lntc he forests
sway te ungrppth. vhirh hos
she xstsrs ard desro5 me waer
hcEdirg ppRer X ths wocseA area
Areriesn Mesquite on Sea ccsss.
Thefe are tw0 diaines. forest Erras
~ Hawai- ore a. 4 high altitude and
The ether III she "a coast level.
shess liz rainfall Il light. Il Is here
NAT the grsa American mesquite
has taken roa and come 10 ne
re3ae Il Hawaii III TIE Hawaiian
ISLANDS The mesquite gross much
taller and fsraigbtef than in ire
stA and La ID othes szys altered
80 appearance aas HABITS u groush.
The prfgiEaI tree, imported III
Is57. u SIN stnadiDg near Honolulu.
II La = diameter Of two feet and a
height u MY feeta heIghf neser
attained IN MESQUITE m America. Thu
forests are exceedingly valuable 81
a'f0rding = cover for the soil, and
tie wool furnishes b large quantity
Of timber for fence posts aad rails.
The mesquite pods furnish 4 YaluahIs
food for cattis. not only In a green
state. bas when dried Is fodder.
Because 81 these uses ssya a
preliminary report IL the department,
land he wonderful powers OF re-
~prodnctieH and extension, which Ibe
sIiaroba forests possess, they are d
most Yalnsble ssaet VI tie islands.
The native forests ale those on
The mountain Slopes, ana Are IN e.
sentially "a = tropical character
About ,hresfourtha u lie na,ise for.
ssts are composed ol lshda. This
Tree VI found in regions " heaviest
rainfall. and under best conditions
s,taIns i diameter * four feet an-
. height % 10 feet Commercially
except for fuel, The wood has lit,ie
value. for IN drying Il checks and
warps badly IL importance Il as 4
protective forest. liz stand Il min.
but me faos, laruriSnt undergrowth Is
found bensath il small. !,
crowned trees Indeed. 70 Iuaariant /.
Y this undsrgrowth IN io.is vine and
similar climbers. FERN growth ranging
from 4 fex inches 10 thirty feet in
height ana usof. thai virgin for. !,
sats q ieaaa sfe otiea mpeuttrable. !
dafk Jungle THIS III IDEAL coaa.
iiot created W sa,er conserya !,
IIon I
Cattle Killed Forests. !
The present iof.I sfea about
pr cent e ne islands aaau 50, ].
tent y shst Y "a l hundred Va.
ago TIE d~ekfrunfifn Z