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Show PLAN NOW TO CONTROL NEXT YEAR'S WEED CROP As soon as this year's crop has been harvested, be sure to make plans for controlling the weeds that are sure to grow and create additional problems next year, suggests Grant Esplin, Beaver County Agent. Early maturing crops now being harvested, such as grain, leave the land idle for many weeks before the end of the growing season. This allows weeds to mature and produce seeds. How do weeds multiply problems? prob-lems? Louis A. Jensen, U S U Extension Agronomist, says a good example is the common red root which produces an average of 117,000 seeds from one plant. "Obviously,'' he said, "we create problems for next yea,i and sometimes for years to come, by allowing weeds to produce so many seeds. After we start to take vegetables from the home garden, there is a tendency to stop weeding( j Be sure to hoe or pull these- I to prevent them from gtwng to seed." Tillage, such as plowing, j "digging" or cultivating is. a l good way to control we"' Mr. Jensen suggested. ' , JS' are a number of r "There icals that are " -Jeed chem-be chem-be applied .elective and can If yoi - tnis time o vear- . need help in selecting chemical for your particular particu-lar weed problem, get a copy of 'Chemical Weed Control Guide for Utah 1968,' at your county extension office. |