American Fork citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1912-1979, 1915-06-26
UTAH AGRICULTURAL
COLLEGE WEEKLY
NEWS LETTER
WAR on THE CANADA THISTLE,

Summary Of Letter by DIR. X. J. Evans.
The arch enemy Canada thistle)
originated In Europe and was brought
from there to Canada where It ic do
ing immense injury. Detachments
have been found In Cache, Salt Lake,
Utah and Carbon counties where they
are found entrenched along the canals
and bitches.
Canada thistle is perennial plant
living on year after year II ranges
from one to three feet high, with slen-
der stocks and spiny leaves whose
| margins have ruined appearance. II
feed infected with this thistle be fed
to live stock II irritates their mouths.
II is propagated by both seed and I'M
dereround rootstocks and Will grow
I'm pastures or In the fields of any
other farm crop II has quantities OF
stored food which make It very resis-
tant TO all adverse conditions.
The time to most effectunlly stop
! the growth and do away with this pest
is lust as the plant first begins 4?
bloom. Pillow up the plants by cut
ting two or three inches under the
surface. pile the plants In heaps and
burn. Follow this by constant shall
low cultivation so that all shooting
stocks may be killed before they have
a chance To gather new store OF ma
terial through the leaves.
The food supply "a cut OFF by plow-
ing, but to conquer the plant II must
be prevented from making new ones;
hence the importance of cutting down
every new shoot as II appears Some
farmers In northern sections have had
success by using sodium arsenic
which is applied ut the rate OF LIZ TO
pounds to- fifty gallons OF water
and is more effective than any other
chemical. II will destroy all other
vegetation and will kill live stock II
they are allowed to eat vegetation
sprayed with il. Let every land own
er whether he be state, individual or
corporate fight this pestconscientlous-
~ and Systematically until II mas been
destroyed or else II Will gather us IN
Its mighty grip
Trip Of County Agents
County farm demonstrators j. y
Welch OF Willard county, Il X, Stew
art of Carbon aud Emery counties
Loren A. Merrill Of Sewer county, Nj
H.. Harris Of uintah Basin, Heber j
Webb of Salt Lake county ii, A
christensen of Beaver county, and A
Il Ballantyne of Utah county, and Elk
tention specialists. John 7, Caine III
II. ] Evans, L. NJ Wlnsor Ed. Bros
sard. Ben Il. Eldridgc and James A
Paxman, accompanied by DR. Il, G
Peterson, director of the eXtention d.
vision made four days trip visiting
pIaces of practical interest through
Cache, BoXelder, Weber, Salt LAX,
and Utah counties, whore they gath
cred information that will help then
i'm their work among the farmers o
our state Many practical items were
, gathered about the dairy business
hogs. blooded horses and sheep, bee
cattle, the poultry business, how e
operate and maintain electric and gas
nllnC pumps the saving propertie
and value of cement canals, success
ful dry farming, potato raising, hqV
10 measure wator, truck gardening
watered crops, canning, packing an
I. curing Of meats, drainage, control o
, ,lfalfa weeyil beet raising, etc. Prac
, tically everything that the best farm
ers Of our state are doing was -ee
, and studied Valuable inform i''
! pretaining TO every farm activity
? obtained and every farmer In the stat
is going TO be benefited by II withon
the expense and time It would requir
! 10 gather II himself because the coun
? ~ demonstrators will spread II an
! use II in their work
= The men who took the trip wen
r back to their counties, 10 the farmer
with whom they work, with thei
heads full of excellent material TO us
I'm the development of Utah agrlcuI
. ture
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