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Show PAGE THREE THE TJINTAH BASIN FARMER DUCHESNE COUNTY FARllli BUREAU C. F. WAHLQU1ST THOMAS ROBERTS Pres., Myton, Utah A Vice-Pres- ., ARTHUR WISCOMBE Cedarview, Utah Sec.-Trea- 1,VAVWAWAWAWiWiWiVM,AVA,AWAVVSWii,WVAVVVi,iWAW.VW.VAVAWi'AVi'.W"AVA,i sw Weed Menaces Uintah Basin Alfalfa S tab left -- lian nder Ear thigh. E , 1 Utah Knapweed In Uintah Basin Alfalfa Fields is Ear Cause of Much Concern Last summer a new weed, known of southern Russia where it is a tivation as is used for mornipg gloIt is believed ry will control this weed. 3 the Russian knapweed, was dis- pest in alfalfa fields. seed of this that which covered in Duchesne county, plant was brought Let it be eradicated before it gets into this out alfalfa country in shipments of a la capable of running chance to spread and cause more entirely if something is not done to Turkestan alfalfa. According to R. serious trouble. check it. Attention of Uintah Ba- A. Oakley and H. L. Westover of of States the United AgDepartment sin farmers is called to the serious commercial Turkestan effects this weed may have on the riculture, alfalfa industry here, by Louis F. alfalfa seed can be identified in & Another highly efficient Kuffer, department of botany and most cases by. the seed of the Rususe has been discovered for inplant pathology, Utah Agricutural sian knapweed, which it almostreas- & newspapers. An exchange says For this Experiment Station. The article variably contains. When your car gets stuck in on, farmers who have planted Turfollows: mud and the rear wheels.. the A new weed, Russian knapweed kestan alfalfa should examine their & merely spin around and your fields to see if any of these weeds (Centaurea picus Pall), within the are friends advise you to call for & present. last' two years has made its way inhelp, get a bunch of newspa- of the Russian The knapof cause is the plants and Utah pers, slip them under the rear already to, much concern in the alfalfa areas weed attain a height of from one to & wheels, turn on the gas and Specimens two feet with much branched stems. & see the car come out of thecf the Uintah Basin. mire. Probably the influsent in for identification by John On the end of each branch is born & ence & of the advertisements. linY. Carlson of the Uintah Basin al- a flower head. The leaves are & a concern stuck business Many falfa seed experimental farm at Ft. ear and partially clasping at the been pulled & the mire has in Duchesne, and C. H. Wilkinson of base, entire, or occassionally with out lf one-hato by advertising. the J-- G. Peppard Seed company, toothed edges, and from three two inches idenlong. Usually Roosevelt, have been positively tified- as Russian knapweed. prominent veins show on the underUnder field conditions Russian side of the leaf. The heads resemThe Write Way running ble those of the garden Bachelor knapweed is capable of no out alfalfa, but its effect upon oth- Button, except that they have He had lent her his pen. ray flowers. The blossom varies in er Utah crops is now known. lf It writes beautifully, said she color from lavendar to purple. When Russian knapweed has spread Im in love with the holder, are mature about are in Kansas, Idaho, Nevada, and the seeds they he. said ovate Du an inch long, an eighth of eastern Wyoming, as well as in saw the point. She chesne county. If this Centaurea in shape, blunt at both ends, with The gets a foothold in our state it will many fine longitudinal grooves. Stude: My roomie and I cant cost large sums of money to control color of the seed varies from light imagree. Every time I raise a winstraw to light brown. it and eradication may become Russian Knapweed is a perennial dow, he pulls it down. possible. Every effort should be now to eradicate it k weed. It has the persistent Landlady: Too bad I guess Ill made, therefore, and the before it spreads any farther in have to move you into the front of the morning glory dandeUtau. of the room. Theres two windows there profuse seeding habit Russian knapweed is a member of lion. Its habitat is similar to that Are you reading the common flower garden Bachelor-Bu- of alfalfa. Methods of eradication FARMER? BASIN It have not been studied in Utah, but tton, (genus, Centaurea). culyear. is a native of the Saspian Sea region there is no doubt that clean ra-pii- crop Roosevelt, Utah s., root-stoc- Possibilities Open for Farm Storage of Grain. The farmer has the choice of three places for itoring his grain in order to hold it for a favorable market, it is explained by L. F. Rickey, grain marketing specialist of the college of University of Illinois. agriculture. three These places are: (1) in cribs or on his own farm, (2) elevagranaries tors or cribs at his shipping point, or (3) at the terminal elevators. In order to hold his grain, it is often necessary for the farmer to borrow money npoa it as collateral. When it Is in public elevators at the terminal markets he can readily borrow on the warehouse certificates, but the cost of such storage is rather high. Storage in the local elevator has advantages, but these houses are not large enough to actually store very-mucgrain and many elevators refuse-thiclass of business or limit the time-o- f storage to a comparatively short period. Farm cattle and granaries offer storage for grain crops anl has several other apparent method this advantages. However, no one would care to loan money on grain so located. Iowa has solved this part of the problem by its unbonded agricultural warehouse law. Under Its provisions cribs or granaries are officially sealed and storage certificates issued which are acceptable to local bankers as collateral for loans. The-grai- thereby finances its holding fora favorable market. I h s the-cheape- Clean out the cistern and catch cool spring rains. u! 1 ! Ji J I ' I ' Look into bee hives and see how colonies have stood the winter. Little potatoes make good seed only when they come from high yielding hills. and disease-fre- e Dry skim milk, as 40 per cent of th mash mixture, is one of the best ways to check coccidiosis of chickens. WANTED 22-- tf - Small size safe. ROOSEVELT STANDARD. Uintah Meadows Dairy Assn Neola, Utah Call At THE WAYSIDE INN For Eats that are Superior ROOSEVELT, CRESCENT - UTAH PARI Chester II. Hartman, Prop Breeder of Purebred Cotswold Sheep and Barred Rock Chickens MT. EMMONS. UTAH ncsir'vw vser :1 |