CALIFORNIA THISTLE.

Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 13713, 21 April 1910, Page 8

CALIFORNIA THISTLE.

TO THIi KDJTOa OF " THE ■ .Sir, —I believe you human*JMSJlbl m saying about giving a dog * ted 'jagij| g and hanging him. It Appears to iililpßl H I also am being treated in tb*fc r Your correspondents have ? : *** ( |" 1 because the Government, Noxious Weeds Act, have reproduce my species on <* r tein Bthast. Your yourself hax-e leading article to mc. Having *SS§6j« libellously labelled n we receive nothing but abuse, atptCjJTOKW fiom tiioso who know mo Mother Nature evidently does sider mc a "'noxious weed"; shf> not provide mo with ah*rp &fn££m to prevent mo from being g 1 jgl §» of existence by cattle, horses and'eMjij jjjjß Those who know mc best or* aware that I am in reality a culent and nourishing food for ail IoiJBJsJM of stock. I am quite willing Plan's friend if be will only ay Tfjjjijß riphtly. mc into hay, and v.inter months I will lay toe fat °n > t|Hjfß ribs of your cattle. 31ako mc ' n ' f ?. silage and I wiU help to fill the agjigß r»s well as any other feed. -. you have cut mc Jcr hay or ei»il»js<gS{» ■will throw un a Sue second which, when the frosty hare tender, will provide a succulent biteijHsli» your coßti when all the grass lias eaten ban*. ' j3jt» After all, a weed is only a of place,'' and 1 admit lam out of PJfjSSjg in a crop of grain. I dislike. ■;. crowded out by a Jot of wiiy ■. < stalks, ami unless they pet a good of mc in tlie spriir,: I will do to smother them. That, b° we ?*[»iEf the fault of the foolish man wbo on the land where I have Let him make use of mc. and I ffHfiSsP his friend; but it he lights mc. an 2-T«rflP ta exterminate mc. 1 \iiU_ SJ, TC : li\e!y time, and when he is <J6IQ "uSHm burietl I will still flourish, nwybeiWjMp vtrj" -ravp.—Yours, etc. T ,- o ii' CALIFORXIAN THISXI t^H'