must be exercised in treating it, if there are any ripe seeds, for these may be 

 carried easily in mud attached to a boot or to the feet of horses and other 

 animals, as well as on the wheels of vehicles. 



The use of the name Stinkweed is recommended for this plant in prefer- 

 ence to all others sometimes used. It is one of the worst weed enemies a 

 farmer in the West has to fight. The use of this objectionable name does 

 much to identify it, and there is no doubt that it has spread widely from not 

 being recognized when it first appeared in new districts. The name "French 

 Weed," very much used in Manitoba, is a senseless name for such a persistent 

 enemy, because it tells nothing about the plant, and it is most doubtful whe- 

 ther the early French settlers in Manitoba were the means of its introduction. 



S-t-i-n-k is a small word with a big meaning, easily understood by any- 

 one who has ever handled Stinkweed, or tasted milk or butter from a cow 

 which has eaten it. 



Stinkweed is so called on account of its abominable smell. 



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