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in his timber. He did not know they were there, neither did his renter. Mr. 

 Storey let a few go to seed in his hedge. Mr. McDermount also let a few 

 stalks go to seed on his land over near Wabash railroad. 



Your commissioner has three experiments under way as to the best means 

 of exterminating the Canada thistle, but can not report on them until next 

 spring. I would further report that the people of this township, one and all, 

 have made a big effort to check the Canada thistle, and it is the opinion of 

 your commissioner that this fight should be kept up, for I can assure you the 

 Canada thistle has got a good foothold in the town of New Lenox. 



I would further report that the number of days required to do the work of 

 your commissioner this year, 1900, is 35. This took me over the township 

 one and a half times, going on every farm at least one, and in some cases 

 three times, but it will require more time each year to do this work as it 

 should be done, as it is necessary for a commissioner first to notify according 

 to law, and then to go over the work and see that it is done. 



Report ol Ernest T. Ginter, Thistle Commissioner for Peotone township. 

 I have found in the township of Peotone 240 patches of Canada thistles, I 

 went over the ground four times and notified all landowners, and tenants of 

 their presence and must say, that the people heartily cooperated with me to 

 exterminate them, but I must say that in my opinion it is useless for the 

 county townships to spend each year hundreds of dollars to exterminate the 

 Canada thistle as long as the city of Chicago is full of the same on the unim- 

 proved lots, and they go to seed every year. 



Report of Jerome T. Smith, Commissioner of Canada thistles, Plainfield 

 township. There were found Canada thistles, growing on the farms of under- 

 signed in the town of Plainfield, Will county, 111: 



S. Vandyke, T. Brown, S. Dronden, H. Spangler, W. Cryder, W. Goodoon, 

 J. Copps, A. Cayton, J. Funk, Mrs. Baftu, J. Stegal, W. Demerrit, J.Hahn, 



B. Rathburn, E. Brown, H. Colson, P. Monroe, G. Pouser, A. Simons, C. 

 Smith, R. Fouser, M. Spangler, L. Conant, J. Conant, W. Foss, H. Geist, 



C. Frasier, A. Smith, A. Tasks. 



In 1893, were found 95 patches; 1894, 101; 1895, 67; 1896, 98; 1897, 85; 1898, 

 91; 1899, 68; 1900,90. 



