Poetry: A Square of Slate Item Type text; Poem Authors Hart, Dick H. Citation Hart, D. H. (1985). Poetry: A Square of Slate. Rangelands, 7(2), 65. Publisher Society for Range Management Journal Rangelands Rights Copyright © Society for Range Management. Download date 25/09/2021 14:33:56 Item License http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ Version Final published version Link to Item http://hdl.handle.net/10150/638577 Rangelands 7(2), April 1985 65 tions were essential for significant control. More recently, Jacoby,P.W. Jr., C.H. Meadows,M.A. Foster,and T.G. Welch. 1982. picloram has been shown to be most effective (Gesink et al. Control ofbroom snakeweed(Xanthocephalum sarothae) with fall Schmutz and Little rates application of foliar herbicides. Texas Agr. Exp. Sta. Prog. Rep. 1973, 1970). Application ranging 4031. from 0.25-1 lb/acre ai. for picloram pellets and liquid gives Jameson,D.A. 1970. Valueof broom snakeweed as a rangecondi- effective control (the higher rates are required on heavier tion indicator. J. Range Manage. 23:302-304. soils). Low rates of picloram in combination with otherher- Lane, M. 1985. Taxonomy of Gutierrezia Lag. (Compositeae:Aste- bicides havealso proven effective and lessexpensive. Piclo- reae) in NorthAmerica. SystemeticBotany 10: (in press). F.P. 1936. The of broomweed micro- ram at 0.25 lb/acre combination with at 1 Mathews, toxicity (Gutierrezia in 2,4-D lb/acre, cephala) for sheep, cattle, and goats. J. Amer. Vet. Med. Ass. tryclopyr at 0.4 lb/acre, and dicamba at 0.25 lb/acre have 88:55-61. given kill rates greater than 95%(Jacoby et al. 1982, Sosebee Mayeaux,H.S. Jr.1983. Effects ofsoil texture andseed placement or etal. 1982a).A good kill can beobtained anytimethe plant is emergenceof four sub shrubs. Weed Sci. 31:380-384. actively growing but more consistent results have been McDanIel,K.C., R.D. Pleper, and G.B. Donart. 1982.Grass response following thinning of broom snakeweed. J. Range Manage. obtained at the end of the flowering periodwhen carbohy- 35:219-222. drates translocate into the crown and roots for storage Molyneux, R.J., K.L. Stevens, L.F. James. 1980. Chemistry of toxic (Sosebeeet al. 1982b). Tebuthiuron at 0.5-1 lb/acre is also plants. Volatile constituents of broomweed (Gutierrezia saro- effective et al. butthe takes 1-2 throe). J. Agr. Food Chem. 28:1332-1333. (Sosebee 1982a) plant years M.A. 1982. Associationwith mature to die. Parker, plants protectsseedlings from predation in an arid grasslandshrub (Gutierrezia microce- phala). Oecologia 53:276-280. Schmutz, E.M.,and D.E. LIttle. 1970. Effects of2,4,5-T and picloram Literature Cited on broom snakeweedin Arizona. J. Range Manage. 23:354-357. W.W. D.J. R. Henard.1982a. Herbi- Dollahite, J.W., and W.V. 1957. of cattle with Sosebee,R.E., Selpp, Bedunah, Anthony. Poisoning cidecontrol ofbroom snakeweed. Range and Wildlife Texas Gutierreziamicrocephala, a perennial broomweed.J. Amer. Vet. Dept., Med. Ass. 130:525-530. TechUniv Noxious Brush andWeed Control Research Highlights. Vol. 13:18. Dollahlte, J.W.,T. Shaver, andB.J. Camp. 1962. Injectedsaponins as abortificients. J. Amer. Vet. Res. 23:1261-1263. Sosebee,R.E., W.W.Selp, and J. Alliney. 1982b.Effect of timing of herbicide on broom snakeweedcontrol. and Foster, D.E., D.N. Ueckert, and C.J. Deloach. 1981. Insects asso- application Range Wildlife Dept.Texas Tech Univ. Noxious Brushand Weed Control ciated with broom snakeweed(Xanthocephalum sarothrae) and threadleaf snakeweed in west Texas and east- Research Highlights. Vol. 13:19. (X. microcephala) O.E.,and E.D. Roblson. 1963. Chemical control of perennial ern New Mexico.J. Range Manage. 34:446-454. Sperry, H.P. andGA. Lee. to broomweed.Texas Agr. Exp. Sta. Prog. Rep. 2273. Geslnk, R.W., Alley, 1973. Vegetativeresponse D.N. 1979. Broom snakeweed: Effect chemical control of broom snakeweedon a blue J. lieckert, on shortgrassforage grama range. andsoil waterdepletion. J. Manage. 32:216-220. Range Manage. 26:139-143. production Range A Square of Slate Frasier's Philosophy Dick H. Hart By Everyone has had time to reflect on the record-setting Annual Meeting held at Salt Lake City. If you were thereyou letters in a were a part of it. Ifyou did not havethe opportunity to attend, We learned our country school; then have been Not on a "chalkboard" but on honest slate. you told whata greatmeeting you missed. I And chalked on it as well those time-worn rules was pleased to see the number of young people and new members on various committees and Which taughtus, like our fathers, to relate actively participating The world to values that we held to be functions. Participation at the Annual Meetings is great, but don't the Section and levels of the SRM. As sturdy as that slate. forget Chapter Participation in activities at these levels is just as important The school is gone, replaced and you can have a major impact on the promotion of range By tasseled ranks of corn. Each fall management.I challenge anyone who is having trouble in Cicadas rasp and buzz finding some activityto participate in to go out and recruit5 Where children called, and all new members, then ask your Section President if there is That'sleft a square of slate somethingyou can workon. I would betthat hewill welcome Upon my officewall. you with a smile. If that doesn't work let me know. There is for who is work. But no, not all; the values have endured something everyone willing to And we, beneathour brows, "Happiness is not a matter of goodfortune or worldlyposses- graying appraise sions. It Thru and decades past comes from appreciatingwhat we haveinstead ofbeing eyes of boys girls of miserableabout what we do not have' The world in its contemporary phase From: Bits & Pieces, The Economic Press, Fairfield, NewJersey. And measure it against the lessons learned In countryschoolhouse days. .