El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-04-11
The Yucca Plant Is
Good For Cattle Feed

Alamogordo. n. II. April III
have used native yucca plant. OF
'soapweed.7 as it IS called by the set
1ers. for the past four years and find
II an excellent ration for cattle as q
winter feed" said John B. Moore. who
owns a ranch 10 miles southeast OF
-Alamogordo, in the foothills Of the
Sacramento mountains. Last winter
] carried so head Of cattle through the.
cold months on this plant. and they
did well. The steers would 1atten on
the soapweed and the cows and calves
stayed In good condition As win
ter feed cattle can get along with this
without ems lage and without cereals
OF any kind"
Ar. Moore stated that he began
using the soa1weed for winter ratious
Sound that II contained sufficient uu-
tritious elements to make ii a good
feed for stock lily 15ighbOrs laughed
az me whN' 7 first started TO use il,
said 1Tr. Wore. -5ut now the same
Eei-h5ors cct IL and store 81 for win
ter iced At first I cut it with an az
and peeled the leaves and outside
crust of by hand, leaving the core 20
be eaten by the cows / soon found
out that cattle would eat every Vestigei
q the product and not shred would
remain"
The valleys all over southern New
Mexico are covered with this weed.
from FL Pas0 northward through the
Sacramento valley and parts Of the
Pecos and 1Iesilla valleys grow gen
erous amount
VIII Try Cotton.
J. 3. Daniels, who owns an irrigated
farm two miles south OF Alamogordo,
VIII plant small patch Of cotton on
his land this month.
Farmers ia this section viii this
year experiment with Egyptian cot
ton. which is now being grown with
success in parts Of Arizona The eE-
perimeuts VIII be on a small scale.
Eight inches or snow fell at Bent
ana about 70 inches at 1Tes-alero dur
Sag the recent cold snap" said r. D.
Johnson. who returned today from
Bent where he is working on the
mountain roads. "rhe weather was
very cold, although 1 don't believe that
the freeze VIII injure fruit 20 any
great degree"
M johnson reported that the roads
were muddy from TularOsa 70 Bent.
but that the roads from AlamoEordo
% Tularosa were IL good condition
for travel
Returns From War.
Pvt Charles E. Smell arrived in Ala
mogordo TUESDAY night having re-
ceiTed his discharge at Fl Bliss on
April z Pvt Smell spent IS months
with the American expeditionary force
in France. harin- sailed for France in
October, 1917 He took part in the
ST 1l-hiel drive n 1915 and was in the
village Of St Maurice in the St Nj
h-el sector when the armistice was
signed His organization. the 25th
engineer vas modified at ST MAJ
rice for the return home.
" Snel made the voyage TO
france on the AEamemuon. which shin
collided with the Won Steu1en in mid
ocean no one was badly hurt in this
collision. although two sailors were
thrown overheard from the AEameua- {
non and landed on tho Won Steuben
unin1ured- The Agamemnon was for
merry the Kaiser Wilhelm Il
Court Proceedings.
David J. Leahv. district judge OF the /
-curth judicial district presided over
the regular spring term OF court for
fle third judicial district. which was I
leld in Alamogordo April =. s and g.
Edwin Mechem. judge for she third
judicial district was disqualified or
7ec0unr ~ -erra On matters rn-raf-f-.e-f