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Show POISONOUS MILKWEED -" KLLS FARM STOCK , "N i.tt'TffJ jH Iron county farmers and stockmen H hnve sufTered considerably at different times from the poisoning of their stock H by whorled milkweed, which thrives H in mnny parts of tho county. H It is extremely hard to exterminate H because it grows not only from the H seed but from the roots, nnd pieces of H root loft in the ground. Every little 'H section of root left in tho soil in plow- H ing the plnnt up will sprout. So that M cultivation gives the plant new Ifie. jH The department of Agriculture . wnnts to know whnt experience tho IH farmers of Iron county have had in H trying to erndicnte tho weed. Fnrm- . H ers who hnve had anv success in H stamping it out should report their H work to tho county ngent. Tho weed H is found in the four states of Utah, H Colorado, Arizona and New Mexico. H Tho three methods which hnvo been H tried on the weed: The use of henvy H cover crops like nlfnlfn, the use of H crops demanding intensive cultivation. jH cutting down tho plnnts before seedinS H witli a sythe. H jH |