Show commissioner of agriculture holds special meetings at roosevelt last saturday commissioner of agriculture harden dennion visited the basin last friday saturday and sunday in the interests of his department his chief business this trip was to make plans for control and eradication of noxious perennial perennial weeds two meetings were held in roosevelt during his visit A general meeting was held friday evenin even in T it at the commercial club to di dacuss cuss the problem A special meeting was held sun suni i day morning at the office of the J I 1 G peppard seed company to mahi plane plana at this meeting were present harden dennion bennion state corn com of agriculture 11 M tidwell Tl dwell supt bupt of the indian agency T C guyn engineer in charge oi of the indian irrigation system C I 1 johnson mayor of roosevelt E II 11 burgess president of the dry gulch irrigation company C II if wilkinson dinager of J 0 peppard seed company uintah baste basin branches thomas R todd of ce darviel and horace allredd ot of Rooi roosevelt evelt weed committee chairmen of 0 their respective neighborhoods last year ray G labrum and ray 0 dillman of and fred ferron and W K X dye duchesne Duches ns county commissioners hr dennion bennion pointed out that in some parts of the state white top morning glory canada 1 thistle I russian knapweed and other weeds that spread by the roots as well as the seed were vere gaining ground anu becoming a menace to farms in fact act they have such a foothold in some localities that it would now cost years of toil and hundreds of 0 thousands of dollars to eradicate them the uintah basin he said is now where some of 0 these districts district a wore were fifteen or twenty years ago that is the basin hats has some of these weeds and unless the people go to work on them now they will have several times as many in just a few years lie ile called attention to the fact that the basin now a famous seed geed producing area is particularly interested te for the reason that the farmers and agricultural officials of other states using our seed are demanding to know that the seed they are buying is free from nox loua weeds they say their fortunes would be made it if they could produce the alfalfa hay and seed that utah can furnish them but THEY DO NOT WANT THEIR FARMS FARAIS INFESTED WITH NOXIOUS WEEDS mr air dennion bennion went on to tell how Aill mallard iara county the other big seed district of the state is handling the tae weed problem pio blem for the past two years each irrigation company there has secured the services of a deputy weed in at its ita 0 wn wn expense tilts this inspectors business is not only to patrol and clean up the canal banks find and rights of way but to sec s ec to it that the farmers under the canal keep their places free from these weeds weeda the result id that the alfalfa fields are clean and stay clean to produce clean seed the best known method of fi fighting ait these weeds according to mr bennion la Is frequent and thorough cultivation so frequent and so ih thorough orough that no green part of the weed v eed can appear above be surface and manufacture food for the roots which may extend from ten to sixteen feet underground cultivation should begin as early inthe spring as the plants can be located before they come up II if possible and should continue thru out ut the year one season may complete the job but two seasons work la is le ze commended salt has haa been found effective at the rate ot of one pound per square toot foot for use on highways and canal banks bank where e cultivation is not convenient veni ven ent lent it takes effect more quickly it if the weeds are hoed oft off and the ground Is WET mr air tidwell stated that he be would go after the indian lands and lie he wished to be kept informed as to the infestations infestation a there mr guyn plans to take care of continued ova on page eight COLI MISSIONER OF agriculture HOLDS MEETING AT ROOSEVELT SATURDAY continued from page one noxious weeds on government canals just as far as his appropriation will allow sir air burgess said that the dry gulch company had taken the matter up officially and was ready to assume its responsibility on itt its right light of 0 ways and assist in tile campaign county commissioner dye stated hat the county would try to do its part and mr air ferron concurred mr bennion then announced that C I 1 johnson was appointed as district A agricultural ri cultural inspector to take charge of 0 weed control ana eradication work in duchesne and uintah counties the state now has a weed law which Is quite rigid mr hr johnsons job will be to locate infested patches serve notices on the parties concerned and see that the law is enforced most uintah basin people will be only too glad to cooperate voluntarily now that they have the assurance that the careless or unwilling ones will have to control their weeds or pay for having it done two years conscientious work should practically rid the basin of these weeds |