This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1901 edition. Excerpt: ... from the harvesting, and when soil and moisture are right will quadruple in one season. It will stand drought like a cactus, remaining dormant for several seasons, and growing again when moisture comes. It roots about one foot under the surface, and the tubers look like the dahlia root. The old roots are black and rich in tannic acid. This is extracted by soaking the dried roots in cold water, or more rapidly in hot or by steaming. Three tons of green root will make one of dry, and this will yield half a ton of extract, holding from sixty to sixty-five per cent of tannin. It is highly esteemed by tanners, being preferred for the rapidity with which it acts, and the fine color and high quality of leather produced. After drinking as much of the river as we could, we turned our attention to pasturing our patient mules, and--into the canyon by the Collins meadow trail while they luxuriated in a nice little meadow we strolled about through the long grass and found a beautiful resting place where arching oaks made a graceful frame for the great Dome. There we lingered a day or two, never tired of watching the play of light and shadow on that magnificent rock, rivalled only, in my opinion, by El Capitan and Half Dome in Yosemite. Do you ask how we traveled up the canyon, and what adventures befell us while fording the river? That is, indeed, " quite another story." Love, hope, and joy on her decks are cheering Music will welcome her glad appearing And my heart will sing at her stately nearing When my ship comes in.-R. J. Burdette. A factory to work up the wild plant has been established in New Mexico, but has not been successful. Remoteness at once from the markets of the coast and from the eastern centers is believed to have...