Show Page 10 Farm & Garden Salina SunGunnison News Valley April 17 1996 Let’s The Gunnison Valley Animal Clinic Reminds You: It is the season for Heartuiorm and Lyme Disease Pet owners - De CTs sure to protect your ferN canine friends! Horse owners -- It is Flu season! Ulorming & saves horse’s lives you Money! a We have recently completed refresher course In Equine Dentistry We recommend your bring your horse In for a dental check-u- p I The Gunnison Valley Animal 630 S Main Gunnison 528-790- 0 SEEkYOUR HELPFUL! get serious about weeds Of course everyone is aware that the weeds are growing - we’ve been seeing dandelions in our lawns prickly lettuce and cheat grass in flower and vegetable garden areas and purple mustard has been blooming in vacant lots gardens and many other places for weeks White Top is about to bloom along the “Spring Ditch” that is the irrigation ditch alohg 4th West in Richfield This “Noxious Weed” is also in bud in many warm places in the county In other places where it is not warmed by water or reflected sun light it is in various stages of growth from the rosette to several inches high Since White Top also known as Hoary Cress is on the State Noxious Weed list it is the legal responsibility of the owner of the place where it is growing to kill it White top is considered Noxious because it is so aggressive and very hard to kill But just because it is hard to kill doesn’t mean 3 mil clear or black allpurpose poly has hundreds uses 10x25' 5820509 Fiberglass Handed fools Choose a bow rake or a round point shovel with toward turned step 70128187011273 Each features 1320 cu in hopper capacity and poly construction 7036684 73678 Lawn Fertnzer Credit Longer lasting feeding and greening Covers up to 5000 sq ft 7014608 Weed Feed 7014632 g Rasmussen’s Ace Hardware - Farm Credit Services of Utah 688 At Farm Credit Agriculture HURRYtWHlLE SUPPLIES LAST DURING APRIL! maim other invading plants may encroach but it is only reclaimed for production by great effort and great expense Often the expense is so great the land is abandoned All we have to do is look at the “urban sprawl” that is starting in Sevier County to see that we cannot afford to lose any land to weeds We are losing enough to other uses Lets all get serious about weed control Take care of your White Top now For more information call Clyde Hurst your Utah State University Extension Agent at extension 275 No is not a word you want to hear often but in this case it makes a sweet sound That's why we 're saying ‘no' to all loan fees associated with any new real estate loan made through the Federal Land Bank Association until May 31 1 996 Visit with one of our Loan Officers today and see why Farm is the only credit you need Premium Easygreen Rotary or Evergreen Drop Spreaders rangeland Over the years citizens governments and agencies of Sevier County have done a good job with weed control We don’t see the destruction of land by Noxious Weeds here that is seen in many counties but if we don’t get serious again like an earlier generation was about weed control it can and will happen here We cannot say “Let someone else do it” or “The weeds will just come back” It is better to have to kill a few that come back than to lose hundreds even thousands of acres of productive land to a weed Weeds have been compared to wildfire They must be suppressed when their extent is small Just as it is possible to contain a wildfire that has only covered few acres so seeds can be controlled or even eliminated if they cover only a few hundred square feet or even a few acres The big difference between fire and a weed is that after a fire life slowly returns to the land even within the same generation of man but when the land is taken over by noxious weeds the land is changed After many generations We’re s ‘NO’ for all me right reasons HARDWARE FOLKS Plastic Sheeting of we shouldn’t try Years ago farmers in this state would even screen acres of farmland to get rid of the roots from which mew plants can grow They were very serious about controlling it I have even heard some of our older farmers talk about salting areas of fields were White Top was growing - better to grow nothing than to allow White Top to grow Nowadays this weed is just as aggressive and destructive of crop pasture and range land as it was 50 plus years ago We now have chemicals which can control it quite well we just have to do it At present levels of concern White Top is increasing in intensity and extent throughout the county This is every one’s responsibility It is found in every town along most roads and canals in most waste places and many vacant lots It is becoming more common in field crops pastures and Gunnison Ut J is not a Department it's our Business! tt |