Show weeds at the west who las has not sat at a car window nud and almost thanked the weed i for the varied beauty they giov div to the landscape in ili april the greensward is g gemmec gemmed edmed with dandelions from maine ta ill to minnesota and as the season advances hundreds hundred of others weeds brighten the meadow meado w and make beautiful the neglected hedgerow hedge row rows the thistle in midsummer luni coer iho the cockle in the ri ripening nellin M grain the goldenrod golden rod and asters in the mellow autumn how beautiful they all ax stand at the rear platform brin of the car and see the breeze of the train break up the gos gossamer amer globes of the dandelion and whirl whirls along the thc seed laden balloons which seem to chafe chase and dodge ano another for miles this is in june in august the dandelion istone is gone and the prickly thistle fills the air with down and upon the wings of the wind win d seeks fre fresh fredi di fields and pastures new the east is full or of weeds and our rail railway way trains arc carrying their sea abols Is wm westward gradually but surely every year fully one third hird of tuu tuo labor of many eastern farms is is weed L killing illing this ia is a labor barely thought of on most western farms there it bisone isone of the things you yu read about but how soon it will nill be a reality there ore are farms at the E east ast once weedy now nearly I clear bield aa as we hold bold our freedom zm or as we should hold bold it by eternal vigilance this is not near so expensive as plowing harrowing hoeing boeing and summer fal lowing W we take pleasure in iu commending early and lasting vigilance to our brother farmers of tho the west fight right tile weeds keep clean hedge rows and roadsides road sides sa s1 slay burn eradicate exterminate wo nrc tire passing laws in tho the eastern states compelling the carel careless es and thriftless to t keep their roadsides road sides clear of weeds and of the brush in which they harbor it is not verr thoroughly lily done as y et in some dis districts public opinion which is nut more thrifty than those who make it seems reems to be quietly agin the law in other others the laws aro are in somo some measures lived up to and gradually man gain gains upon his foes both in the fields and in the roadway way there is no joke about it the weeds are in earnest they will get into the richest soil the fairet fairest herita heritage c odthe of the finest countr country y the sun anines abines upon but they are vulnerable they are mortal and are we can insure you foet flemen foemen nen worthy of your steel american agriculturist I for january |