Show Fight Starts Against New Poisonous Poison us Weed geton a weed extremely poisonous poisonous' to cattle and sheep has las made Its appearance in eastern east east- em ern rn Utah and a campaign has been seen to eradicate it be before before before be- be fore it gets firmly established In Inthis Inthis inthis this section section- Existence of the weed at several several sew sev eral places In Grand Orand county was recently reported by L. L B B. Perry district agricultural Inspector In cooperation with Grand county and the Bureau of Range Management Man Man- the State Department of Agriculture IJ had a crew In Inthe Inthe inthe the field the past 10 days andall andall and andall all traces of the weed have been eradicated by burning Patches of the weed were found along the highway between the Green river river riv riv- nv- nv er en and Thompsons and also In Salt valley and on the Big Flat Inspector Perr Perry reported A Aflame flame thrower was used to ex exterminate exterminate ex- ex terminate the weeds an effort being made to destroy the seeds I IThe The infected areas will be he posted posted post post- ed and a up follow check will be made next spring and summer I to determine If any weeds have I survived Spraying with chemicals chemi chemi- I cals cats will be used next year to combat the pest A meeting was held at the state capitol with representatives representatives representatives of state and federal land agencies as well as many stockmen stockmen stockmen stock stock- men being present A statewide project was launched to fight by pooling the re resources resources resources re- re sources and personnel of ot all possible pos pos- sible siUle agencies in the campaign A iA cardinal feature of the projected projected projected pro pro- campaign is to acquaint public generally with the plant Specimens are being prepared prepared pre pre- pared and will be exhibited in all communities The plant is declared to be dead iy poisonous to all classes of livestock and andi there is no known treatment for animals that have eaten it As little as 35 of one pound has been known to kill a pound sheep which had nothing else to eat and 3 35 i pounds will kill a pound 1000 I cow row Investigations show In Idaho Idaho Idaho Ida Ida- ho where has establIshed established d a firm foothold one rancher lost 1200 sheep out o of ofa ofa a a herd a-herd herd of 1200 after the animals animal hat had grazed razed on the weed for a short time The weed resembles the Russian Russian Russian Rus Rus- sian thistle and usually grows in barren desert soils Its most frequent appearance is noted along highways |