Show THE RUSSIA THISTLE The socalled Russian thistle or tumbleweed has found its way to the vicinity of Chicago as it was sure to do sooner or later and is causing a little annoyance to the farmers of northern Illinois and Indiana It came Off course along the railway lines with the stock cars and great patches of it are now found on the outskirts of the city It first got a foothold in this country over twenty years ago having been brought by some Russian cola nists who settled in the northwest It soon took firm possession of the Dakotas Da-kotas and begun to spread itself over a dozen other states and territories It is a pest that promises to make more trouble than the Canada thistle ever did Already it causes a loss of several millions annually to the farmers of the northwest and its ravages rav-ages are V increasing every year Thus far science lies been appealed to almost al-most in vain for scale effective means of getting rid of this extremely unwel ceme immigrant |