Show Ov Over r the County Agents Agent's Desk I Last Lost Friday members of or the Summit County Weed Committee I attended the annual Weed Control Con Con- trot conference held In Salt Lake City Theme of ot the conference centered around Weed Control at Home and in the City Now this does not mean out in the fields of ot tho the farm or countryside but right In your own yard right in the streets of ot your town Do you remember how they ap last year or the year before before be fore Was it Il a cleaned cleaned up up beautiful beautiful beau beau- sight or a weedy trashy mess Or have you been around It so long that It appears OK Dr Stark tark showed some slides both good and bad of some Bome of ot the homes and communities in Utah What a pleasant appearance appear appear- ance ante some mowing does docs to the landscape I Some of ot the towns dont don't have the finance necessary to do the job But Dut some High spir citizens took pride in the appearance ot of the city and nd cleaned clean ed the street sidewalk and curbing curbing curbIng curb curb- ing in front of at their pla places s. s It doesn't take a lot more time The boys and girls at school can help with the scho school grounds i They need this training in good citizenship One speaker stated that we should all learn the different weeds around the yard In the garden in the In-the the lawn Then also aIso learn the roper proper method of best control One caution they made dont don't don't dont use the same sprayer for weed and Insect control If It at atall atall atall all possible use two Label one for weeds and one for Insects One thing more he urged Read the labels and learn above all ll to follow directions Weeds in the lawn are best controlled by r good lawn manage ment proper ment-proper proper fertilizing proper watering proper mowing He said not nOtto to mow the lawn shorter t than an one and andone one half half inches and tei tu remove the clippings Louis Jensen Jensen Extension Ag Agron on said ald that weeds are wasting wast- wast wasting wast ing ingmore more ground more ore crops and more feed than most mOat of ot U us re re- re- re alize He urged all farmers to toe be e most cautious us of the seed they they plant plant lant The best is to get Tied fled seed In 1 way wiy J the f farmer farm farm- rm or er r is protected and knows knows what he lie is getting At Attending from Summit mii County were Will Durrant Edison stephens steph Steph ens Ye Vern Boyer y r Albert Gibbons and J. J J. J Reed Moore |