Show THRESHING MACHINES JJ S SPREAD NOXIOUS WEEDS S Several veral Canadian provinces ha have havea e ea a law that offers a very Um timely Iy hint to farmers on the the importance of ot clean threshing g. g machines This Canadian Canadian statute which fo forbids forbids for for- bids a threshing machine to be he moved inov- inov ed etl from one farm to another until it t has been thoroughly cleaned aims to prevent the dissemination min of ot noxious weeds and u undesirable ClO crop mixtures from Irom this common source are aro licensed anu lOSO iose found violating the law la have their licenses revoked for the season Although our farmers have havo o su such h protection it Is to their interest interest inter inter- est to demand that threshing machines machines ma ma- chines be bo clean An ounce of or prevention pre pre- prevention Jr is worth a a p pound ot r. r cure curc when it comes comes to curbin curbing the tho spread of is is weeds S 'S so often orten carried In the refuse on a a. a dirty separator Most o of this refuse C be removed ed d quito quite easily and quickly Tho The top of tho the machine should be thoroll thoroughly s ept anti and a stiff haired brush used In the tho sides ides where where such material materia has accumulated te 1 Where readily accessible accessible accessible ac ac- the tailings-elevator tailings should be he cleaned out and the sleeves clean n oct ed Tho The machine should then borun bo be berun borun run at high speed ed for a n. few minutes with tho the blower on full blast Those who desire to keep keen their seed pure as for registration should run through a small amount of or the crop to bo be threshed thrashed d before saving their seed At least bushels of ot small grain should be put through or ono to two bushels of ot alfalfa or Alfalfa a seed aced grow growers should l be bo especially careful where the the- thema thoma machine machine machine ma ma- chine has lies previously t any of or orthe the clovers aid aad vice ice ersa versa versa Ex Ex- Ex teion Service C. C A. A C. C |