Show Prepare to Fight Weeds Now By District Agricultural Agent With the advance of warm weather r the noxious weed i is beginning beginning begin begin- ning to push through the soil and already making a beginning toward the storage of sufficient food to sustain the plant over another season eason regardless of its getting a chance to grow again next summer RUmmel Some of our more hardy plants such as the wild morning glory actually have this capability of living over one year ear without the plants making any growth on the surface Along with this early growth of our worst noxious weeds we should be awake and making activity if we are ever to overcome these pests and make our soil free from them To fo intelligently fight noxious weeds we must know something of the growth habits of the plant Therefore we should if we have weed patches giving us trouble fir first t of all try to determine just what the weed is so 80 that we will know how to combat it There are three types of weeds as to growth habits The first and also the easiest to handle is the annual or one year growing plant The annual plant is our common grasses cocklebur pigweed redroot etc Next is the biennial or two year yem growing plant This Thi means that this plant has the capability of growing two seasons from the same root In this second group is our burdock with which ever everyone everyone every every- one is acquainted The third and most serious group of weeds is the perennial or the plant which grows more than two years or indefinitely from the root without producing seed or it it- it self It is this last t type pe of plant that is most serious Plots that may contain any of the last named type of weed wild morn morn- and Russian knapweed should ing glory whitetop Canada thistle have special attention and be handled according to a definite plan of Many persons who have some of the perennial weeds weed growing on their premises desire to get rid of them but are uninformed as to the methods to pursue To help such individuals the following following follow follow- ing rules are given 1 Do not plow through patches of noxious weeds To do so may spread the roots to the ground Always plow each patch of such weeds 2 Do not attempt to grow any crop on infested land Eradication measures cannot be he carried on with any crop growing Fight the weed first and grow the crop afterward 3 Small patches of weed may be handled cheaply and effectively with salt and some chemicals Morning glory may be he very effectively handled in small areas with carbon This liquid is introduced into the soil by pour- pour in small holes at regular intervals over the patch of weeds Salt will kill any weed if applied heavily enough to the soil It must be applied at the rate of one pound to the square foot or heavier with very persistent weeds 4 Clean cultivation will kill any weed in time if the cultivation mea measures ures are carefully followed follow follow- ed up so as to keep all green parts of the plant killed and below the soil surface Two years ears or more are necessary to kill perennial plants Dont Don't wait for them to grow get them before the they grow If you ou are interested in ridding your our land of any bad weed or if you ou have weeds that are giving you rou trouble feel free to consult your agricultural inspector about it II will give you rou advice and help in fighting you ou weed battles |