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little grazing left behind the mower. We are endeavoring by constant 

 cultivation to keep down morning glory and are succeeding very well. 

 This year we intend to carry on an organized campaign against weeds. 

 Our principal weeds are : 



Star thistle Sacred thistle St. John's wort Dwarf larkspur 



Russian thistle Bull thistle Tar weed Belladonna 



Water-hemlock Wild radish Purple lupine Wild parsley 



Jimson weed Johnson grass Burdock Skunk weed 



Morning glory Cocklebur Pig weed Plantain 



Bermuda grass Wild mustard Tall larkspur Aniseed 



Scotch thistle 



The following from Mr. A. L. Rutherford, Stanislaus County: "Our 

 fight against the weeds has been a determined one, and I am pleased to 

 report great success. The Russian thistle, and the Johnson grass on 

 the non-overflowed lands are almost eradicated ; the work on the river 

 bottom lands has not been so persistent against the Johnson grass as 

 there the stand of grass was so plentiful that we decided to give the 

 farmers a chance to run hogs on it for a year or so. Our methods of 

 fighting the various weeds are to burn, hoe and apply salt in such 

 places as are not to be farmed." 



Mr. Stabler of Sutter County writes: "The weed control problem 

 looms up large. We made a good start last year and a general interest 

 has been started among fruit growers and farmers in weed control. 

 In one section of the county we made a campaign against Russian 

 thistle. On a ranch of 11,000 acres $2,000 was spent fighting this 

 thistle. Entire crops of grain were lost in parts of the county from 

 the yellow star thistle. We also have a limited area of Johnson grass 

 on which good work of control has been started. 



This work of weed control appeals to me as being one of the most 

 important matters that can engage the attention of the county horti- 

 cultural commissioners. I intend to publish some articles in the local 

 papers in order to remind the growers and farmers of the importance 

 of beginning early to get ahead of the coming crop of weeds. ' ' 



Tulare County, Mr. C. F. Collins says: "It would be a very great 

 help to the county commissioners if they could be supplied with samples 

 of the most common noxious weeds of the State as well as those most 

 likely to be sent in from other states." 



Mr. G. W. Harney of Yuba County: "In this county we have been 

 called upon to take steps for the eradication of Russian thistle in a 

 section south of the Yuba River about four to seven miles from Marys- 

 ville. The eradication has been fairly well accomplished in some of the 

 places by cutting all plants in spring and early summer to prevent them 

 from going to seed. Another infested district further up the Yuba 

 River has been recently discovered and same plan for eradication will 

 be employed there. 



"Another noxious weed pest to Avhich avc are now preparing to give 

 careful attention is the barnyard grass {Paiiicurn crus-galli) , that has 

 appeared in the new rice fields. Experiments in eradication prove that 

 this barnyard millet can be controlled at a cost of fifty cents per acre. 

 If neglected, however, it will be apt to spoil the fields for rice culture in 

 three vears. " 



