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Show B i CANADIAN THISTLE HAS ALSO APPEARED ilN EASTERN UTAH. Ogth n Valley, according to Prof. J. II. Pnul, an authority on weeds, has been invaded by tho Canadian thlstlo and there Is danger that, if tho obnoxious intruder Is not killed off without delay, de-lay, tho entire valley will bo lost to high cultivation cultiva-tion by tho spread of tho weed. Eight years ago, Professor Paul sounded n warning against tho Russlnn thistle, at thnt tlmo issuing a pamphlet describing the weed nnd urging farmers to organize or-ganize and fight It. Today tho Russian thlstlo is In possession of much of Sand Rldgo south of ., , Ogdcn nnd Is sprendlng throughout tho stnte. H 1 3 I Tho IUissinn thlstlo is n serious drawback, but B ' t , tho Canadian prickly plant is an absoluto menace ' j $ to nny farming community in which it tnkes root, lit "nys Ogdcn's Standard. It cannot successfully Jyjf bo plowed up and must bo smothered by tho total B Ejl i cxclusio'n of sunlight, a Iicavy coating of mnnutd Si 1 , serving that purpose. There Ih not n more dev- m Si, I ' aatating growth known to farming than the Can- i 3w , ndian thlstlo and our farmers should rally, as B 'ljj1 thoy would were their homes on fire, and, organ- I ' izing, proceed to not only check tho destroyer, KM c. ', but eliminato it, root and all. B "' ( There aro two other places in Utah whero tho ' Canadian invasion has been discovered on a farm in Salt Lako county and in Provo in Utah (J, county. The thlstlo in Ogdcn Valley was found VJ' , ;t on the land of Lars Peterson in Huntsvillo and 1 ' J) has been traced to an importation of flower seed. B ft At n meeting recently, tho pcoplo of Huntsvillo J volunteered to co-opernto in destroying tho weed. ' A Would It not bo well for tho fnrmers of the fri state to awaken to the importance of getting rid 1 of weels of every description? |