Show WEED eradication IS URGED BY STATE ACRI agriculture CULTURE BOARD BO ARD county agent 0 ia madsen llad has ba handed la in the following communication from the th board of agriculture for publication it cites the new state law to tre tta destroy hg 0 0 wc wet ds d and rives some useful in forma 1 lon regarding noxious welds the corn coal nua nucleation leation is elf self exa the state board of in regular gular re session hereby declare dee larri and proclaims white top draba I 1 to be hereafter a noxious mod la in the aate ante of itah this in addition to conada thistle bull thistle and bur dock doek up the list of noxious weeds in the entire state but several counties have added by certain tala other weeds to the list in those counties morning glory Is added to the above in C carbon arb on cou county n t Y white top belongs to the mustard fa family rally being closely related to pepper grass and is hot peppery and distasteful to animals it la is a perennial which means that it apropo gates b running rootstocks an a well as by numerous seeds and lives over from year to ear par this is the earliest of all our perennials it begins about the same time as alfalfa and ripens seed be fore the first clop tap ot of hay is out canada hlatke ia Is also a perennial p C roundal it has long a blondi r and purple flowers guily tri clusters the leaves are mall small zno and extremely ext Minely spiny it spreads by seeds and running root stocks it has quite a start in some sections so and is in so aggressive that L not soon controlled will spread and do considerable damage this is in r n later and rid slower grower grovier ma maturani turini 1 its seed need in august Ilor burdock doek an and bull thistle are biennials that infest wet alices neglected pas lures tures and lands preventing these plants from producing seeds for two years wilt will eradicate them end and one cut ting below the crown about blooming time so as t to 0 prevent seeds from de ve lopIng will suffice tor for either of these weds wee in section ton I 1 of the noxious wool weel law reads aa u si st section 81 action I 1 destroying noxious 19 muriad cana I 1 4 W and water every evri or ono firm alq an o 0 owning fil t ling vr laade in thlu 3 at anil and ey eyed bunty irti g Ziti rf S drahms district die triet havig having 40 super islon nd control over Atre etSy x alleys lanae 8 right of way ways ae othe othes ands nd shall cut put anil and btroy all sll canada thistle thie tle bull thistle th titio bardac 1 and all other weeds by tho the state board of agriculture aeri culture as noxious and la u u s tf y eft t lilt before uch such jr wied lit rna hall shall arl propagate beg or spread and whenever e e y er d b by y the th tate state board or the county ei et p pit post inspector the law alone is of lit tie a 4 avail if it rahlie sentiment is in not behind it zd majority of the community la Is colu r harily living the laar by orpo 4 1 i ing gool cool farming methods and by co 0 o oper atle effort la in public publio meeting meetings denion st rations etc are e maln x the masses and creating public 1 e au u t me at let us look for cleaner aad i better farming erst leato the bad vre wil jd d now in our midat midst prevent othen others from gaining a foothold now Is 1 the time to bc baria gla work on 00 weed wood Or oralou llOu especially of alosa perennial perennials alot grow sra from note rot stocks tock the one oye uro sure war way to get rid ua thesa wl wei w l Is to keep tho the tops cut down to 10 thoroughly that cannot develop any green leave th the leave leaves manufacture out of the raw food the food th that 11 t keep keeps the root roots and all other parta parts of the t he alive there fore if it no green leaves are allowed to develop the stored up food la in the root roots is 11 finally exhausted and the plant pe ri ashes iee and stancy nt ancy ar are 0 because if leav leave are alloyd to develop they noon soon iteen and make food to continue the life of those pernicious roots |