Show Loco Weed Growth Noted on Lands Concerned ranchers and stockmen met t Thursday of last week with Bureau of Land Management officials on the outbreak outbreak out out- break of loco weed in the southern part of the county I BECAUSE OF the wet warm fall it itIs itis itis is apparent that the dangerous loco weed has greatly increased in areas areas' south of White River in the cedars of the Book Cliff Mountains and in the Nine-Mile Nine ar area a south of My Myton ton stated Larry Old royd of the Loco weed looks like alfalfa and once eaten by animals it creates a desire to continue eating the weed to the extent of becoming habit forming The reaction reaction tion lion of the weed affects the nervous system ays- ays tem tern killing the nerve cells until the animal dies The animals appear to loose their sense of ot balance at first stated Mr About the only control of the weed Isto is isto isto to stay off the areas known Infested with it stated slated Mr Studies are being made to find a practical way of killing the weed but noticing has been devised that would work effectively-work in areas such as the BUI |