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Show HSONWEED :i ) IS STUDIED is 'in Goshen Meadows to l( Be Investigated by . iv ' Experts. . thorough investigation of the 'nous plants found in Ihe Go-! Go-! meadows has been ordered by i I . 1). Marsh, forest service spec-; spec-; i . t' following a visit to the fields ' , i 'lay in company with Countv '.. ijj: .1. I Welch and Dr. C. L. " , M, government veterinarian, ac-" ac-" j'!ig to Mr. Welch. I .(, , ;;- farmers in the vicinity of t lie I jiji' have promised their full sup-i sup-i :tnd co-operation in any plan : taken by Dr. Marsh in order , , ; iovc ihe danger to their cattle il'fill pasturage in the meadows ! is pubatiie that a number of ; will he pocured for a test of . ; 'istmous grass. I arrow gras which is sup-I sup-I to cause the death to the 1 in the fall, is cut for hay in I' 1 innier and when fed dry dur-I dur-I ic winter, causes no trouble i- cattle, but when the second crop gruws up green in the fall, the arrow grass produced an acid thai i-ans.w iu.-tanl drain to cattle, ac-ronling ac-ronling to eieriinrnial work carried car-ried out by Dr. Fleming of tile Xevada experiment station several yt-ars ago. Due lo the drought this summer, however the second crop of Ihe arrow ar-row grass has not grown to the extent ex-tent that il is impossible lo pasture the nieadows. but only a few farm el's- are risking their rattle even Ibis year, according lo Mr. Web-h. The Ttnli County Farm 1'ureau and I'tah Agricultural college experiment ex-periment station will co-operate with Dr. Marsh in his investigation of the meadows which will probably take a year to complete, Mr. Welch saiil. |