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Excerpt from The Value of Oak Leaves for Forage During the summer and fall of 1902, while experting a forest reserve in the northern Coast Ranges, the writer noticed with surprise and interest the eagerness with which leaves of certain oaks were eaten by live stock. Having this fact in mind, many observations were made in regard to the forage value of each species of oak occurring in the Coast Ranges. These observations, while confined more especially to the extent to which each species was eaten by stock, included also the range or distribution, altitude, and mode of occurrence. Later in the year, in order to ascertain, if possible, whether these observations indicated fully the real value and significance of these oaks for forage, a chemical analysis was undertaken covering six species of oaks and one of poison oak. Only those species were chosen which occur on hills, ridges, and, mountains where tillage is impossible; and the object kept continually in mind was the forage value of the leaves of the different species. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.