. Noxious weeds and how to destroy them [microform]. Weeds; Weeds; Mauvaises herbes, Lutte contre les; Mauvaises herbes. u covering is easily scattered by the wind. The first frost kills the plant and when dry it is broken off by the wind and sent rolling over the land. - ^'%Ifc is easily destroyed by summer-fallow and makes excellent pasture for sheep when in its early stages. As this weed has only appeared in a few isolated spots along the Pasqua Branch Railway, the safest way of eradicating it is by hand-pulling. Although occasional specimens of the Russian Thistle have been. Pig. 1. Russia
. Noxious weeds and how to destroy them [microform]. Weeds; Weeds; Mauvaises herbes, Lutte contre les; Mauvaises herbes. u covering is easily scattered by the wind. The first frost kills the plant and when dry it is broken off by the wind and sent rolling over the land. - ^'%Ifc is easily destroyed by summer-fallow and makes excellent pasture for sheep when in its early stages. As this weed has only appeared in a few isolated spots along the Pasqua Branch Railway, the safest way of eradicating it is by hand-pulling. Although occasional specimens of the Russian Thistle have been. Pig. 1. Russian;Thl8tle. Fig. 1.—A branch of a mature plant. Fig. . - - Vi^' ^•~^ young stem before flowering, and a sinirle seed eni=rn—i „.arged^^ flower an^d'se•d^r^\^^?c^h^'^{feTe'ed coat been found in Ontario, there is little probability of its ever becoming a menace to agriculturists except in a country where the plants can blow long distances m winter. In the North-west Territories the farmers as a ru"e are wide awake as to the danger of neglecting noxious weeds, and it is very unlikely that this weed will be allowed to propagate and spr^d now that its dangerous capabilities have been made knJwn ^ '. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Fletcher, James, 1852-1908; Willing, T. N. [Regina? : s. n. ]
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