Show weed control work the following weeds are declared to be noxious by state law canada thistle bull thistle burdock additional dit ional weeds may be classed as noxious by securing the signatures of 0 fifty or more taxpayers of the cou county ty to a petition addressed to the crops and pests commission requesting that said weeds be so declared I 1 hereby give notice of weeds to be controlled canada thistle bull thistle burdock their general appearance pe arance canada thistle is a tall growing plant two to three feet high having branches spreading from the matu man stem of the plant with spreading clusters of the blue thistle flowers at head ot of each branching stem bull es grow about the same height the main stem is compact not branching out as the canada thistle but grows in one large cluster ot of thistle lowers flowers at tho the head of the stem burdocks murdocks Bur docks la Is a large leaved plant has leaf stalks similar to rhubarb stalk and leaf except it is hat smaller it if left seed stalks vow grow from center I 1 of plant two or three feet high bear 1 ing seeds canada thistle la is found 1 in grass land or meadows on waste wasta land I 1 on railroad right of way and I 1 on road sides the bull thistle is I 1 I 1 found in similar places the same earns description applies to both bur docks are found principally on roadsides railroad right of 0 way in waste land or uncultivated land and in meadows and grass land they can be found as soon as vegetation commences to grow in spring and the proper time to eradicate them Is as soon as they can be found and before they have any chance to go to seed the proper way to eradicate them Is to U use a e a 8 sharp ha rp garden spade or a narrower sharp chisel like itta implement and to dig down below the root crown and also take out several inches of the root stalk this will prevent future growth and maki make eradication more certain do not cut them with a sythe as this method cuts oft off only a part of the stalk and leaves the plant root uninjured and will make growth again immediately dia tely when dug up as stated the plants should be laid in piles not very large should be allowed to wilt tor for a few days and then destroyed by burning the work of weed control should be a operative cooperative co effort by every man mall and corpe corporations rations that own land that is infested the state crops and pests c commission Om missOn the state crops and pests inspector and the county crops and pests inspector needs the operation cooperation co of every farmer and land owner and every farm bureau officer and member to work in ili tho the weed control and eradication wo we can by this means do efficient work arid and make a clean job of weed control and we ast ask your our operation cooperation co very respectfully 1113 11 13 WM J WRIGHT county crops and abd pests pesta inspector ar |