Show THISTLES MAY BE ROUTED BY GROWING CROP OP OF GOOD ALFALFA ALF ALFA prepare early for treatment of infested fields for or can canada rida thistles whistles es ae use alfalfa this Is the prescription of A L stone state weed com commissioner missioner for wisconsin and the medicine eind even when taken in large doses Is not hard bard to take F for or besides destroying the thistles whistles es it a good crop of rich forage Is produced but soil and other conditions mus must t be right if alfalfa la is to thrive and the canada es must be partly subdued before the alfalfa seed Is sown according io to stone now Is ig the time to begin work on canada thistle infested grain fields where alfalfa Is to be produced next year advises stone plow as soon as the grain crop la Is removed and turn the soil deeply enough to bri bring ng the running roots up to the surface then with it a spring tooth harrow the roots will lie be pulled to the surface where they can be dried and killed by sun and wind the field should be kept cultivated until the ground freezes in an effort to keep the plants from forming stems next spring the held field may be plowed again a little deeper than the first time m and elabd lime should be added add ed if necessary recommends stone the first week in june alfalfa seed may besoin be sown at the rate of 20 pounds per acre without a nurse crop crop within two or three years the canada thistle swill will lie be destroyed and in their place paco will be a fine stand of alfalfa |