| Show TRE THE WHITETOP WHITE TO TOP WEED MENACE 11 A noxious invader of utah fields hafed ss rork fork farmer calls upon Yr SM ameri merito to prevent further spread an pest I 1 locally 0 o c illy known aanderton And erfort ivea A correspondent of the spanish T corli orl P pres es e calls attention to the invasion of utah by a weed called whitetop white top and urged its extinction it t is the same pest locally cnown as th eAnderton weed sees and so 30 far has bag resisted all efforts to suppress it the spanish fork farmer suggests a remedy which should be tried here bois boie is what he bo says ahe weed commonly cumm only cnown as white top Is the most obstinate pest that has ere ever as yet been encountered ty by the farmers it if measures are no not talen taken tal en to pre ent this pest from further spread spreading inz our oar whole farming community is threaten id cd to be destroyed by it A fe v years ago there were but EL a few faw spots of whitetop white top to be seen anywhere the limits of this thia beautiful beautia oil valley at that time people tool comparatively little notice of it aaa nd thus it was permitted tied to grow and further farther seed until the present time when it has bag talen taken toll full pos possession of biome farms farmers Par mers we must come to the abe front and cht this weed as we have never fought weeds before if you save your farms arms two years ago just teola a i sake I 1 sprayed a small email bunch or two with A 4 strong solution ot of blue vitriol di solved in water in a few days the whitetop white top withered away and died f the old tops were allowed to remain standing etau diug thus preventing a fresh crowth of tile need eed I 1 firmly believe that it the farmers were united in fieh true this weed they mold could completely obliterate pest ithon the course of tr tao 0 or three years by spraying it w with th blue vitriol abah year in succession sac cession several per have tried my experiment and say eay that the spots which came UP op the following year were not nearly 0 o large as they viere bere before directions lor for preparing spray tale about terl ten pounds ot of blue vitro vetrol diee olve ly placing in an iron pot and put on stove to heat until ditrol is re ducep to liquid pot pat thie thi solution lu in 10 40 gallons fi allons of water theu then pray baray every giunch of whitetop white top to be seen ou the place it a 10 40 gallon barrel can be procured it wilt will be an easy aas matter to carry into execution ee cution this simple aaion as by placing the barrel in a wagon one can drive from place to place ulie wherever rever there is 19 any white top where he can call spray these spots till over in a few days dayi the whitetop white top will all be dead and you nill mil litre hare no more trouble willi nih it this season cy by way of suggestion I 1 N ad adi ise those v bo try my experiment to select a warm aroa still day tor for this work ork if the wind is blo bloking it will be difficult to spray the white top as it should be sprayed the rho object in view is till this uy by spraying as above stated the white top is coi covered ored with tile line blie vit tit roll roil solution sola tiou in a few minutes the water evaporates and leaves the vitriol to do its work where practicable the white top should be allowed to remail atan ling after it is dead KS as it ants a second growth |
