The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1931-06-18

what level they become stabilized. Come it must,
whether it is at high low level if the farmer is
to regain his purchasing power, and the factory
is to sell his products.
Identify This Weed
n INCREASINGLY vigilance is necessary to look
r. for new weed species in Redwood county. The
- sooner weeds are identified and efforts made to
kill them the less work there will be and time and
money required to eradicate them What may seem
to be harmless plant here and there may inside of
year or two have spread over entire township
Farmers are for the most part keenly alert to any
new weed, for they particularly curious to learn
whether it may have with grain seed purchased
locally or elsewhere. Weeds cut down the farmers
chances for profits because of it's tremendous overhead
expense It robs the soil of fertility and usurps the
place of rightful plants
The leafy spurge is a comparatively weed in
Redwood county, which has prodigious start in john
sonvie township. Ten solid acres are infested with
this Russian weed the Joe Zeug farm, and it has
spread to the neighboring fields of the julius
Schmahl and Otto Zeug lands 1t came into this area
with grain seed planted few years ago. 1t seemed
to be perfectly respectable plant, and paid
much attention to it.
Not until County Agent N. H. Bovee identified it
were the farmers of it's destructveness. Farm
ers Johnsonville township know that it is quick to
spread for little patches appear along roadsides
and field edges. Each plant yields an enormous num-
Der of Seeds Birds particularly fond of this seed
but it is too hard to be digested.
By summer following for about five years there
is some chance of combating leafy spurge. But the
quicker method is to apply sodium chlorate Inc
county sprayer put the job to check its growth
otherwise the weed would spread all the township
inside of few years.
In some parts Of Minnesota farms so infested
with leay spurge that the land cannot be given away
Experiment stations have found that roots penetrate
as deep thirty feet The root system is highly de-
veloped piece of root six feet long placed in
a dry room for half year at experiment sta
tion and at the end Of this period it put in water
and it grew.
Several Redwood Falls business have exhibits
of leafy spurge for people to identify. Better get
acquainted with this weed and kill it before it gets
foothod A visit of inspection out to the Zeug farm
in Jacksonville township near Walnut Grove will con-
vince anyone that it is parasitic harmful and threat
ening weed nuisance.
Shifting The Gears
"Charity covers multitude of SINS" Only until
the muck-rakers get busy.
Sometimes genius takes the form of being able to
cash in on other peoples ideas.
o.
Uplifters will not enjoy heaven much because they
will have nobody to work on.
! A neghbor who has no other claim to distinction
boasts lot about his tough beard.
After wedding the garden one may get that kink
out of his back by whtewashing the ceiling
Kansas man named Wise, said to have five
wives again illustrates that there isn't much in 9
name.
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/ A St Louis man who advertses saxophone to
trade for shotgun has probably received an anony
nous warning.
The old fellow who serenaded his girl with guitar
has grandson who gets quicker results with an auto
horn.
i An Army aviator fell into sewer and was injured
while running with his small sons kite Airmen shoult
stay off the ground.
/ The late W. L. George is described having beer
"a jealous worker in improving conditions among wo
men," Anyway, he married three Of them.
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4 We are of the opinion that Governor Pinchot o
Pennsylvania never senator.
i Political writer's are busy picking out Democrati
presidential possibilities mostly impossibilties