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Show WEEDS THAT ARE VALUABLE. Medicinal Prapsrtles In Many Plants Leaked on as Pests. It Is not a matter of common knowledge knowl-edge that bonio of tho weeds "Infesting" "Infest-ing" tho land will produce tho crude drugs which to-day In large part "are obtained by Importation frOm abroad. Alice llenkcl, an assistant of the government's gov-ernment's plant Industry bilreau, says that tpo roots, leaves and flowers of several of tho weed species regarded as plagues In tho United, States are gathered, prepared and cured In Kti? rope, nnd not only for useful commodities commodi-ties llicro but supply to a considerable extent the demands of foreign lands. Thero are weeds in this country against which extermination laws have been passed which hold In their leaves, steins or roots medicinal propeitles which have a value In the work of preserving tho health of the nation. It is possible In ridding land of weeds In order that crops may bp grown to make of tho uprooted "posts" a source of Income. Moreover, It is possible to maintain upon land given over as worthless for crop-growing purposes a weed plantation, which after the harvest will prove Itself to be not less profitable than some of the tilled fields. |
