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I ' I ' I I ' Cultivation CuJtivation Helps in WeecControl Weed Weec WeedControl ' Control , - Says ' AgronomisWeed Agronon Agronomist Agronomis ict ; I - I eradication eradlcation work to be en enItirely ' Weed 4 4d successful should be started starter startedearly starterearly rrcu d I Itirely tirely and continued throughout the theentire thi thientire early according to ITingey D C CTingey CTingey entire farm year Tingey associate agronomist at the theUtah theUtah g college In Inordel It Itorder Utah State Agricultural results MrTingey Mr MrTingey ordei ordel order to secure the best Tingey says farmers should start starteradlcatlOn star stareradication t eradication eradlcatlOn worK as soon as the thegrowth firstgrowth first firstgrowth growth appears in the spring spnng and anc andshould ancshould a ? ? should continue until all growth growU growthdIsappears growUdisappears disappears in the fall fallEffectlve fallEffective Effective Effectlve complete weed control contro controlmeasures : measures are one of the best mi means meani meansof meaniof ' . , . of reducing reducmg costs of crop proc produc production production tion Farmers aie ale ate cognizant of ofcosts o1 o1costs costs and difficulty dlfIlculty of control controllmg controllm controllmgwhat nm.Ious nmIous noxious noxiousweeds nm.Iousv.eeds \ . ws what whate ve \\e e we \ generally term as v.eeds veeds weeds . eeds morning glory whlt whit top topand topand - and others but they have learnedto leal lealto learned learnedto nea to live with and therefore can not notsee notsee not noteds see the tl1e value of controlling controllmg w weeds weed weedsw111ch < ; eds , which w111ch are just as distressing dlstressin al although although though possibly posslbl possibIy not as hardy hereports hereports he reports reportsIt It is possible to grow crops e even evenIn evenin ven in the presence of o ' certain 'Certam Certam weeds weedsbut weedsbut ' but it lt definitely definitelylincreases jincreases the value valueof valueof of the cropland to clear these nox noxious noxous ox lous ious ous plants Mr MI : . ,3'mgey 3mgey n.ngey nngey , Dngey ' points out outCultIvatIon outCultivation i > ut Cultivation . has , , , proved jprOved . to be oneof oneif one of ui : if * the me most musi effectlve effective enecuve methods meirnoas j ofcontrollmg ofontroiling of controlling controllmg ontroiling ; weeds Good cultlval cultivation cultivationas cultivationis as is a weed control project however howeverrequlres howeverequires howe requires requlres equires plowing plowmg of the land to toloosen tooosen loosen oosen it lt for the weeder as asell \\ell ell well \ ael ] as asregular asegular regular egular cultivation each time tune v.eed veed weed v.eedgrowth weedrowth . a growth ; rowth appearsAppearance appearsAppearance appears Appearance of weeds v w . eeds soon a after aftercultivatIon afterultivateon ) cultivation ultivateon ; does not n necessarily necessarilynean ne'cessa necessa ' ssan1y ssan1ymean ; mean nean that the measuie measule measure has failed failedFurthermore failedurthermore Furthermore urthermore f erniore this should not nottaken be betaken beaken taken aken as an indication that thats \s s \ land landmust landoust must oust be immediately unmedlately re cultlvat cuitivated cultivated cuitivatedSurface cultivatedSurface Surface growth gTowth of Beeds weeds \ eeels can be bepernutted belermetted permitted pernutted lermetted , for a-e a e a - eek ek or so before beforecultivation beforeultivation bef befcultivation re cultivation ultivation Is needed neededMachines neededMachines neededMachines Machinessed Machines vised -sed sed used " - : : ; for " cultivationaunt cultivation cultivationmust cultlvat ; on must aunt be effective effectlve that Is every weed weedmust weedoust must oust be taken out In the path ofhe of ofthe i.he ihe the . he wee weeder ler < Then too the weedlng weeding weedlngmachme weedingaachine weedj machine machme aachine must not take too muchraft much muchdraft IOT draft raft power and It must be cheap cheapand cheapad and ad durable to fit the finances of ofthe ofne the ne average small farmer An ordl- ordl ordt- ordt ordlnary ordtary - nary ary beet cultivator with 12 to 16 16inch 16rich Inch rich sweeps arranged to overlajp overlap overlajphas overlapas ! has as proved to be effective and re rot- rot rotary rotry - ary ry rod od v . weeders eeders do good work inasonably in inreasonably reasonably : asonably loose soilShallow soilShallow soil Shallow cultivation cultivatlOn reachIng to toa todepth a depth of not mOl mcie more e than three threeinches threeaches thr Inches aches seems to be bg Just ) ust as effectiVe effectiVeas effectives as s deeper cutting and requires requiresmuch requiresinch much inch less draft power In loose soilmay soil soilit it may be practical to practi practlce practice practlcedeeper practiceeeper deeper eeper tillage tmage and this thlS is lS n not notobJectionable notbjectionable obJectionable bjectionable |