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Show SOME PERNICIOUS UTAH WEEDS. By the Editor. Job said, "Let thistles grow instead of wheat and cockle instead of barley." bar-ley." . KJunc Grass. One of the great enemies to dr.y farming during this present season has been the appearance of what is commonly called June Grass, in the wheat fields, This grass- is properly Bromus Tectorum or false Brome grass. An extended observation over several sev-eral counties has failed to show this grass- in any fields where a proper falt'ow was observed last season. The damage therefore, is obvious, and we have here another reason for a .summer .sum-mer fallow, that of getting rid of this pernicious grass. In Davis County we saw one field where the grass stood up much higher high-er than the wheat. It takes the moisture out of the ground, and because be-cause of the long coarse awns, it i 11 practically worthless after reaching J maturity. This grass covers the hill- ' sides- of the greater part 'of the state,, I and is probably the worst weed that the farmers of Utah have to contend with at the present time. THE RUSSIAN THISTLE. One of the weeds that is gradual- ly spreading in this state is the Russian Rus-sian thistle. At one time the Russian Rus-sian thistle was the subject of a great many articles, and was believed by a great many people to be one of the worst weeds that the farmer wou'd have to contend with. It docs very much damage on poorly cultivated farms; in irrigated sections it causes considerable trouble because it fil's the ditches and clogs the flumes. The writer of. this article docs not believe the Russian thistle is a par-ticu'arly par-ticu'arly bal weed to contend with. It matutcs very late in the season and is easily killed by cutting it o(T just below the crown. This weed is not a thistle at all, but is a tumble weed and lic'ohgS T the Goose-foot fami'y. Fox Tail. The weed commonly known in Utah a9 Fox Tail is one of our worst weeds. This is another misnamed weed since it is not the real fox tail grass at all. It fa sometimes referred re-ferred to as the wild barley grass, and this is also a misnomer. Property Prop-erty the grass is known as the squirrel squir-rel tail grass. It is especially prominent promi-nent in our alfalfa fields, and particularly par-ticularly on those farms that receive too much irrigation. It is an annual, in other words, it forms its rcgu'ar crop of seed and beards in one year's growth from the seed. When it is cut. however, it undoubtedly un-doubtedly lives more than one yen.. When it is young, the plants make fairly good feed for stock, but as soon as the heads are formed it becomes dangerous on account of the beards. In the alfalfa fields, it is always a.i indication that the farmer docs not disc his field. Proper discing and cultivation freqently recommended '.n the "Farmer" wPl clear any luccm field, no mnttcr how badly infested, of this troublesome grass. |