Show M MAY Y KEEP GOATS AS WEED KILLERS Wulla Walla Walla oUa Wash Au Aug 21 Far Far 21 mers Val In this section where grain gral growing Is the principal occupation ate are wondering wondering If I the tho woe weed posts pests can cai cannot not bo be by keeping goats goals This rot year ear Jim Hill Hi mustard China lettuce lettuce let let- tuce and ha have secured hold holdon on many of the farms to a great Sleat ex extent extent ex- ex tent and tho the grain wl will l be bl docked en n 1 account of oC tho the weed seed and tho the smut found In it it- I. I For years ears the farmers farmer have hao been worried about the weed pest and many of or them have ha e spen spent hundreds of oC dollars In l keeping their thel own land clean but the roadways s 's an and fence lines cean and railroad rights of or wa way Jnes have been given amplo ample opportunity for tor weeds to propagate and allow th the tho seed eed to blow all al over o er the country countr Professor James of th the Oregon A Agriculture ameR college in a n tri trip tripo over or r this section recommended keeping a o few goats goals upon each farm with th the Idea of having tho animals cat eat cown Iowa dow the tho weeds and keep tho the roads an and fences clear during tho the growing sea sea- Ica- Ica ca ence cear cites the C case EC of f son on Mr Ir valley farmers who Willamette the ley the had to resort to tho the use uso UEe of ot goats to clear their land of noxious weeds and to the tho further fact that all al over that section farmers will not give 0 up p tho thu animals ecton under any wl circumstances It ItIs Itis I to Is claimed that weeds cannot go hO seed where goats are alf kept in numbers sufficient to forage over o cr tho the land and that seldom do tho animals destroy crops while weeds are arc to be found found- |