Prickly pear and other cacti as food for stock II

Introduction; Acknowledgements; The samples; Method for chemical analysis; Preparation for analysis; Removal of spines; Water content; Ash content; Food value of different parts of the plant; Comparative composition of different parts of the fruit; Relative food value of the three groups; A balanced ration of pear; Popular names; Scientific names; Climatic requirements of prickly pears; The use of prickly pears in Mexico; The species and their analyses; Prickly pears (Platyopuntia); Cane cacti (Cylindropuntia); Miscellaneous species; Compilation of analyses; Some literature dealing with the chemistry of the cactiBulletin containing the results of analyses of the chemical composition of prickly pears and other types of cacti, in order to help determine their economic value to the livestock industry in New Mexico