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Show War on Weeds Weedls Slated by Uintah UintahEradication UintahCounty UintahCounty County Eradication Committee ContD1it1tee I By M MNSUintah MNS N S SUIntah Uintah county s 5 losing battle battleagaInst battleagainst battleagainst agaInst the weed menace which whichin whichlii whichin in lii the last 10 years has forced forcednearly forcednearly forcednearly nearly 500 acres of land out of ofproductIOn ofproduction ofproduction productIOn and which has cost costthe costthe costthe the county tens of thousands of ofdollars ofdollars ofdollars dollars annually , will reach its itsturning itsturning itsturning turning point pomt during June pre prediets predlcts dlcts diets William T Whitaker WhTtaker Whftaker eoun coun county county ty agricultural agentThe agent The county along Slong with the thenation thenation nation has had an increasing increasingweed increasingweed increasingweed weed recentlyhas acreage which recently has assumed dangerous propor tions lions properlions proportions proporlions Estimates place the in increase crease in this county at 25.per 25per 25-per 25 per 25percent 25-percent 25 percent . - - cent annuallyBut annuallyBut annually annuallyBut But Mr Whitaker along with with'William withWilliam withWilliam 'William William ' Murray weed super supervisor supervisor supervisor visor for Uintah UlOtah county andErcel Ercel Johnson assistant is - map map- mappIng mapping mapping - ping a strategy which may eli eliminate eliminate minate white-topthe white topthe whitetopthe entirely the white-top white top - - - the morning glory and the Can Canada Canada Canada majorfarm ada and sow thistle ' as major farm pests in m this areaStrategy areaStrategy area MappedMr Strategy Mapped I IMr Mr Whitaker and Mr Murray Murrayv v \ > ith maps and figures explain explainI'd explaIned explained I'd Id ed ' the strategy in detail during duringone duringone duringone one of their recent councils The Thecampaign Thecampaign Thecampaign campaign is to be an air enve enve- envelopment envelopment envelopment - lopment and the plan sounds soundsgood soundsgood soundsgood good goodKp goodKe Kp Ke Koi ) weipons we'Jpons weJpons we-ipons we ipons ' - in the campaign campaignan campaIgnar an ar called24D a war-developed war developed - - - spray called called24D 24D 2 4D s4ld s.ld sld s4ld . commercially as asWeuionel asWeLdonel ] Weuionel WeLdonel asWecdonel Weedicide Weedlcide Weed Weedbe Weedbegone Weedbegone be begone gone and Weedkill etc and an anorchard anorchard anorchard orchard ' type power sprayer sprayerwhich sprayerwhich sprayerwhich which tlie the two men have assem assembled assembled bled assembled despite scarcities The 2-4D 2 4D 24Dis 24Dis - 2-4Dis 2 4Dis - is a hartnone- hartnone hartnonehchlorophenoxy harrnone-dichlorophenoxy harrnone dichlorophenoxy harmone-dichlorophenoxyacetic harmone dichlorophenoxyacetic harrnonedichlorophenoxyacetic - - - < hchlorophenoxy hchlorophenoxyacetic acetic acid-which acid which acid - which experiment ling ling ing scientists " , sprayed prayed in plants to tospeed tospeed tospeed speed growth 't t ' t does make them themgrow themgrow themgrow grow indeed- indeed indeedso indeed - so fast that they theyuse theyuse theyuse /speed speed / use plant food fister hster than they theyproduce theyproduce theyproduce produce it ani an i consequently consequentlystarve consequentlystarve consequentlystarve starve to deathI deathCarbon deathCarbon death deathCarbon Carbon Duulphide D15ulphlde Disulphid . Expwntir ExpensiTe Expensive ExpensiTeUntil ExpensiveUntil * I Until this year the county s sweed sweed sweed weed eradicators used carbon carbondlsulphide carbondisulphide carbondisulphide dlsulphide disulphide It does the job , but butis butis butlis is costs cocts ; $100 100 $160 160 $ per acre for the thechemical thechemical thechemical lis $100for 100for chemical and an additional $100 100 $ for $1001for labor to treat the soil Even Evenat Evenat $1001 1001 lat Evenlat againstlweeds at those figures the fight againstl against againstweeds againstweeds weeds was wa1 > wages semi succeSS-1 succeSS 1 success-Ifully success Ifully - - - Ifully fully succeSS1Ifully success1fully in Uintah UlI1tah county last year yearApproximately yearIApproximately IApproximately Approximately 19000 19 000square 000 square squareIrods squarerods squarerods yearI I Irods rods of the ( ' county ( ) unty s a land wasl wasi wasl'treated wasitreated wastreated 'treated treated ' and 1 is < ; reclaimedBut reclaimedBut reclaimed reclaimedBut But 2-4D 2 4D - - - is muchcheaper much cheaper and andjust andjust andjust just as effective for most weeds weedsA weedsA weedsA A gallon pf f > it can eradicate eradicateweeds eradicateweeds eradicateweeds weeds in In ) fl nc ( third to one-halfan one halfan onehaUan opehaifan one-haU one haU ope-haif ope haif - - - an acre and It its < ; application takes takesless takesless takesless less timeUnder timeUnder time timeUnder Under the program worked workedout workedout workedout out with the countv county commissionwith commissionwith commission | with Ray I 1 abrum abrtiiri in charfe charge thecounty thecounty the county plan plans " to sland stand slandnear standnearly near nearly y one onehalf onehalf half the $5 5 $ 10 per gallon which which2 thelAAA 240 2 4D costs the county and thel the theAAA theAAA AAA is also al'lo allo ' plll1ning pi p1 inning to share in inthe inthe inthe the cost of it In addition the thepower thepower thepower power spray spra ) cr er or any of ot the 20 20hand 20hand 20hand hand pump sprayers at the coun county county county ty agent agents s office will bemade be made madeayaUable madeavailable madeavailable ayaUable available to landowners who whowish whowish whowish wish to nd rid their property of ofweeds ofweeds ofweeds ofweedsLow weeds weedsLow weedsLow Low CoatIt CostIt Cost Coat CostIt It adds add * up to this Landowners Landownersmust Landownersmust Landownersmust must pay $2 2 $ per hour labor lator , coo coqtg coqtgwhile co s swhile tswhile while the power sprayer with withoperator withoperator withoperator operator is on his land iand and mustl mustlfumish must mustfurnish ' fumish furnish a man mall or two men tol to1 to handle the nozzles This is in ad addition addition I dltlon dition to the approximately $1 1 $ 501 501per 50 50per 50per per gallon for the 2-4D 2 4D - - Mr Whit Whitaker Whitaker 1 1aker aker estimates that the rig can canspray canspray canspray spray an acre per hourFor hourFor hour hourFor For city lots or ditch bank bankweeds bankweeds bankweeds weeds you can borrow a hand handpump handI pump sprayer purchase a quart quartor or two of the weed killer at your yourfavorite yourfavorite yourfavorite favorite Vernal merchant and andSuprly andsupply andsupply Suprly supply the spray yourself yourselfIf yourselfI I If you are one of those who whomust whomust whomust must be shown drive down to tothe tothe tothe the fair grounds and see the ex cx cxperimental experlmental plots laid out by Mr MrWhitaker MrWhitaker Whitaker and Mr Murray on onJune onJune onJune June 6 They sprayed fenced-olf fenced olf fenced-off off fencedolfacres fencedoffsquarerods fenced-offsquare-rods fenced offsquare rods - - square-rods square rods - - - acres with various variousconcentrations variousconcentrations concentrations of the 2-4D 2 4D 2-40 40 - - then thenwatied thenwatied thenwatied watied for results resultsIt It took about four day days to tonotice tonotice tonotice notice first effect Within Wlthm a week weekthe weekthe weekthe the weeds were down Now Nowthey Nowthey Nowthey they re dead Stockshow Stock . show .how how crowds crowdswere crowdswere crowdswere were invited to examine exammc the ex experlml'ntal experimental expenmental perlml'ntal perlmlntal perimental ' patches and hun hundreds hundreds hundreds dreds of people saw first hand handhow handhow handhow how 2-4D 2 4D - - - worksThe worksThe works worksThe The Uintah Umtah county weed con contr01 control control tr01 trol committee which is organ organizing organizing organizing izing and directing the promising promisingprogram promisingprogram promisingprogram program is headed hearled by Jess Hull Hullinger Hullinger HullInger inger of Alterra Sid Merkley MerkleyMaespr MerkleyMaeser MerkleyMaewr Maespr Maeser Roy Taylor Randlett Randlettand Randlettand Randlettand and Vene Collett AshleyWillow AshleyWillow Ashley AshleyWillow Willow Creek is one of the thecounty thecounty thecounty county s bad spots spot < ; for white-top white top whitetopVernal whitetopVernal white-topVernal white topVernal - - Vernal City is a favorite spot spotfor morning glorySufferers glorySufferers glory glorySufferers Sufferers from weeds are pro promised promised promised mised relief if they 11 II Il call at the thecounty thecounty thecounty county agent's agents ' office see Mr MrMurray MrMurray MrMurray Murray at Maeser or get in intouch Intouch intouch touch with Mr Johnson at Indian IndianBench IndianBeech IndianBench Bench Beech |