Salt Lake Telegram | 1938-04-16 | Page 10 | Reported as County Launches Warfare on Weeds

ogress regress ogress Reported as County I I. I Launches Warfare on n Weeds H Lr ers Sign Contracts Contracts' acts for Eradication on Acres cres Ag Agent ef progress in the fight to rid Salt Lake county of noxious is s was r reported ported Saturday by V. V L. L Martineau Salt Lake county fUl cultural ural agent as the 1938 weed eradication program got way I mers in the county have Mio pay 8 an acre for white nd ind morning glory eradication Won on acres of privately d Uon land this season and more mOIe Tare are being added nearly every Mr Martineau reported ty y W P A workers will begin lion on on w weeds eds along roads ditch Q land fence lines Monday tractors and several everal teams have been obtained for w work rk sec- sec of private land sted isted areas vill will be cultivated to 10 14 days until November r Martineau said t already ha have ve definitely white top and morning morningan an be killed d and farmers are ting eagerly to continue the I county agent pointed out that jd ed d eradication program has under way four years and ready eady acres of land have havel Cleared leared l ared of weeds and turned T crops crops- mostly sugar beets results of the cleared land has has fd d as high as as 15 to 20 tons of an acre Mr Mar- Mar Commented commented is the first year farmers een en required to pay for hay hav- k Ic done on their private land j hav-j