Your weeds and your neighbor's : part 3 illustrated descriptive list of weeds . the summits of itsstem and branches, and is the lightest coloredof all the thistles. This thistle is one ofthose particularly aggressive weeds thathave the power of reproducing themselvesfrom the root as well as from the seed, andon that account as well as the extremevitality of the roots, it is very difficult toeradicate it when once it gains a footing. Canada Thistle. Its advent in this State was supposed to be brought aboutthrough the mediumship of baled hay brought in by federal troopsduring the war. Though thi
Your weeds and your neighbor's : part 3 illustrated descriptive list of weeds . the summits of itsstem and branches, and is the lightest coloredof all the thistles. This thistle is one ofthose particularly aggressive weeds thathave the power of reproducing themselvesfrom the root as well as from the seed, andon that account as well as the extremevitality of the roots, it is very difficult toeradicate it when once it gains a footing. Canada Thistle. Its advent in this State was supposed to be brought aboutthrough the mediumship of baled hay brought in by federal troopsduring the war. Though this may. and probably does account forits presence in some localities, yet from Mr. ^McMurrans letterquoted below, it will be seen that it was known in Jefferson countyat least, as early as 1840. In the western Pan Handle, it un-doubtedly came by natural progression from south-western NewYork and western Pennsylvania. As to its distribution in the State,I have personally met with it in Jefferson, Randolph, Greenbrier,Brooke, Harrison and Monongalia counties; and have authentic. 26l reports of its presence in Hancock, Ohio, Putnam, Lewis, Berke-ley, Kanawha, Tyler, Upshur, Wood, Ritchie, Fayette, Preston,Grant, Hardy, Cabell, Clay and Doddridge counties. To give our farmers some idea of what they will have to con-tend against if they do not now exert themselves to remove the com-paratively small number of plants found growing in the State, I willquote the remarks of a few people from the thousands, who havelooked with awe and dismay upon large areas of this most trying ofweeds, and have delved in almost despair to rid their lands of itspresence. / Prof. Seymour, of Wisconsin Experiment Station says: TheCanada thistle spreads locally by means of its running may spread from a single plant and at length cover a whole the heavy prairie soils of our Western States, it spreads moreslowly than in the lighter,more sandy soils of the east, hence it ismuch less troubl
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