CORRESPONDENCE.

Colonist, Volume LVI, Issue 13410, 6 March 1914, Page 6

CORRESPONDENCE.

IHK SPINELESS CACTUS—A WONDERFUL FODDER PLANT.

(To the Editor of "Hie Colonist.")

Sir,—-This remarkable plant is not yot much'known, and it would prove of great value to stock-owners It can easily be grown' in any class of dry soil from seed or plants, and after the irsfc year or two. will' yield, according i»'thj variotv, from 2-5 to 100 tons per acre per annum, of succulent and nutritious fodder/which is suitable for all 4cindß of stock. It is highly praised by the leading authorities, who sa-y that it is a great milk producer, and thatj tt makes beef and butter of the best | quality. It is, however, better reel to j dairy stock with some lucerne hay, ohaff, or straw. It, has a laxative ,*ffect, otherwise. - It is also good tor tkVs which have increased in uoight By about Jib per day, but with the acl•dition of some slops or gram this wou.d be doubled. The improved varieties viold heavy crops .(about 8 tons per acre) of large and palatable fruit, red, w^iiu>, and yellow, etc., which makes eKcelleut preserves, and the fleshy young leaves are a good and wholesome WgetaTKO, cooked in various ways. Iso, other fodder plant yet known will give &uoh a large and reliable yield, even m the poorest soils, or under tfee most ••drerso conditions, as this modern vegetable marvel, and it can always be obtained m a fresh and succulent state, :*,n& is therefore greatly - re.ished by iaoclv An acre or two of any waste piece of Land would always'be a good -twd-by. b HARUISONS F . L .g. Burringbar, N.S.W.