Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 19, Number 95, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 August 1898 — Thistles Among the Cats. [ARTICLE]

Thistles Among the Cats.

Where oats are sown early in a field that is infested with Canada thistles, the latter will often blossom nnd bear seed before the oats are ready to be harvested. A Canada thistle in blossom will ripen its seed if the whole stalk is cut and allowed to dry with it. Fortunately, the Canada thistle will send up its spires for blossoms several days before the oats begin to head out. It is easy then to go through the field', and with a long, sharp knife lop off the heads of nil the thistles which will tower six or eight inches above the oafs. The work must be done within two or three days, ns the onts head out very quickly thistles, nnd both must grow together until the harvest. —American Cultivator.