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Show "RUSSIAN THISTLE" NOT A DANGER HERE ('niintv Frui' Tree Inspector .lohn P. Snrcnson has submitted the following I report : To HonoraMe BoRrrl of I'oimtv f'orr- miF:oner of Salt l.ake 'oi:n' and the SeereiHiy nf t h State Board of Hoitl-f Hoitl-f u ' ; -J re . "eT in rfi month of January. 1!,T. m or-,. -uirserv there were vo':'-.i; t-e.-f. c-ippel in Uron nicotine ?,-iip'"'-1 . n another num-iv .im r.V'OP. young l'lnp.s. inp rtd from the east-e: east-e: n .Ten were fumigated with livd"o-e...nlc livd"o-e...nlc ' id pas. preparmcry to ptaftlnf: for sprV.if p'annnir. Theie was some inspection of ree tha' were put away tn winter s'ornfre hut I the-e are 40 fiAO t'ppji in one c.ur.erv and I IV"1"' In archer t!,a' have not vet eri f'im'i?Ted o- lrppe. re i I hi e 115 dpecle hv the ''-ujntv i'orn-r i'orn-r i s'.r nets made In vest iga 1 on ahout the "RurMnn thistle' h- writmtf o the ;.., ernment ofl. ia's and agricultural ' "llegex srd xpnnv. s'utions in "oirado. Vvomsrn. Nhraska. the two Itako-ap. Iowa. Minnesota and "anada for information informa-tion and Hilletj'm about this ma'ter. and have i. rejved answers hy letters and bul let:ri Af'er reading and comrarinor these letters a:id hulle'irr. I ran repoi tnat the "Russian thistle' Is no' likeiv to te very r -uhleorr,e In fields fenced and cultivated, hut along roadsides and on un-Mi'.'ivfltc un-Mi'.'ivfltc I piound. especially on our open dry terms, the weed Is likely to become plentiful and verv Injurious A loss of 20 to 4'i per rent of the rrop Is likely where It ee: n s;rons hold o,i drv farm land, and should !e guarded njtamst either eith-er by enforcement of n general State law or bv local regulations where reedet. All of which Is respectfully Fubmit'ed hf mv report for the month of January. n:7. |