Show WHITE TOT TOP this is one of the most dreaded and hard to kill 1111 weeds that grow there is no other except the canadian thistle that is of its equal they can be classed as sisters when it comes to the detriment that they do don mistake this weed for a specie of the fox tall for they have n m resemblance whatever white top is a new weed but ane leading leadin liot ot have not been awe auie to determine its origin hence very is known or written concerning it it is however of the repper pepper grass family it grows from ten to sixteen inches tall blooms in may alay and has a pretty white lower flower on the top only the roots running tile the ground send up tip shoots every few inches and also comes from tile me seed with these methods or reproduction this plant scatters very rapidly last spring a small patell of this weed was discovered within the city limits 0 of roosevelt about an acre of it the only patch known to be in either of the two counties this is killing the rosin feea out the time is near at hand band when the extermination 0 of this pest should begin and I 1 feel that it is up to 10 the citizens of roosevelt rna vicinity to see that there are measures taken this spring to control the spreading of this week to give you an idea or mis weed I 1 will say that it takes three years with the plow to kill it and it must never be allowed to send a shoot above the ground or it will take longer who is there that can afford to fight this in their fields lawns lawna or gardens where they be able to rase raise a crop tor for three years and be compelled to plow at least tour four times during each year I 1 if taken in hand this spring this acre of land can be handled at a small cost and the white top not allowed to spread any further I 1 think if the city council will take this up with the county commissioners they in turn will probably furnish the necessary money to handle it if not it Is up to the city and nd tile the citizens therein to 10 see thai ways and means are provided for the extermination of this pest over the range in tile other counties they are now spending thousands of dollars annually with plows and ospreys in fighting this weed and the same will be necessary here it if it is allowed to grow |