Show SPEEDY ACTION TO CHECK WHITE TOP MENACE E 1 spread of 0 chite hite top in beveral icv ral 1 counties of the state of late years I 1 ha has become so great that if it CO 1 for the roost most drastic control meas mail ures to prevent t the plants from re seeding immediate steps are urged by the state department of 99 rl cul tu tua in meeting the spread of the pep issued this thi week pest in a state statement ment by A A eincle Hin cle comisa toner of agriculture two means are advocated abed for control first through frequent i tion and secondly through sterilization I 1 of the soil on the former method the land should be plowed in the fall and cultivation begun as early in the season as possible continuing 14 weekly with a cultivation which mows the plant off between three inches below the surface of the ground with the weekly ct cultivation the roots become becom e so devitalized devit albed that the following season few if any of the noxious weeds will grow grovr if any grows the second season a continuation of the first se season afons activities will remove the last traces decord tc cording ing 1 to the commissioner sterilization of the sc il mav be bk accomplished 11 in r two ways the first I 1 the application of salt bi anne rine made by by disi dissolving about 35 pounds pot ands of salt per gallon ilon 0 of water and coarse by placing the Z salt f from r a half ground to an A I 1 infested inch deep ove over r the 14 n the fall or early earli aprin t prina permitting th h rain 0 to dit dissolve tole the tho lem tem of amod cond sya per r tent solution ot of in U to aptly pl 1 1 4 one to the weed 1 Infest sodium asenato infested sd area either of the two wo solutions lo lution is i applied kt t the rate of fa 2 quarts infested per quart toot foot of round ground fam commended for ditch banka banks la is fence re row 1 roi 1 dwi t ti rowau 01 I 1 wal and amail areal areas cultivation by the com libi sibl mist missioner ioner the th land I 1 I 1 acce of this th plant ar an arg imbur ity of hay ant and grains 1 krown grown on in felted act farm be cause planta are mown the hay bai baided e slants with it and shipped hipped about the country pits itt anh unharmed wilned through the digest lige tract of farm anit animals nAlA except sheep and returned to the land in compost id d table stable retae it if Is also scattered altered ic my greatly in ill irrigation erf water ea pre 11 I 1 y when growing alone along aide ide canal canals laid said the commission r propagation Is I 1 by a runn running root t ock as a uell ell as the mall small cl eat t piece ploce of root dried en tirel out retain retains enough a vitality to mart start a it ne ve In infestation thi this weed la is most widely distributed in sevier sevie lita utah skir tooele thoele salt lake bavi an and r j I 1 start in iron millard felir Bo cache counties coun tica threatening to pread spread throughout the tho state with greal erea resultant lose loss of cro pa calling for or the most drastic action for control and although now seeding it la Is not late to wab make a good od ez inning 1 to destroy the aeed seeds this year and locate definitely all byear es for a it thorough cleanup next year ordinary precaution precautions should be taken in handling the sodium ren arsen ate because of its it poisonous poison ou nature the salt alt treatment is probably the more economical and ii is just as ef focient ai as the odium sodium arsenate if tom om eradication ine mea a surca are not taken against again 11 the weed then we are recommending g that the weed I 1 be prevented from seeding either by I 1 cutting or oe spraying with a one per cent solution of rodiun are enite to which has ha been added dissolved laundry soap at the rate of 4 pounds per allons gallons of spray |