Show 7 rf Jw i with the county ri U u ouan fr cr agent A en L a i 7 y timely tips of interest to farmers ers Poultry men and housewives u wi tt n jh t iii ft n WILL WEEDS WIN IN FOR RIGHT TO UTAH FARMS ely by WILLIAM PF Tr director DI or extension service utah agricultural college ono one old philosopher has that opposing ig forces to onea progress pro giess are a test of 0 ones ability and in to copo cope with life weeds tire nio certainly all opposing force to successful crop ollic hon doll and the battle Is on aro are wo losing or gaining aro aie tile front lines retreating croul aiom tho the edge ot of tile wood patch or are they holding will and will go forward As AH travels over tile farina it in uio tile stalo ot of utah one cannoa calp but be impressed 11 Pressed with tile tilou thou sandy sands of of good land given to tile tho growing glowing of aeils woods oe ils since lio beginning ot of agrical turo ture lit in lio state weeds coed have been beell certainly enough to I 1 stimulate integrity und and action such weoda us as rod roots pig weeds e J poverty weed dandelions grass etc have become so BO common oil wilt they aro are looked upon na its constant associates in the gardens the they y havo have been attacked with cor tain 1 procedure oce dure hoed up as aa they callie through the around and disappeared to for the sei ison now thero there lias come into the farm arm effort a low und and more powerful moro more vig bruus lani anil better organized in the form of a perennial weed with a running root system tito the roots tit lire ara well entrenched gild con coil spreading though tit th surface Is cut up occasionally those weeds havo have taken possession of not only valuable acres but tenee anco lines ditch banks roads r a troad rights 0 odway f way until tile the situation 8 has changed front from an individual to a community program t there la Is a a bearing a high interest rate Vil etly spreading over the land tild add tile the mortgage niort Rago la IS spreading too rapidly who when ono an analyzes ilia he 14 progress greas those weeds weeda tire aro making 0 oll the acres acrea of irrigated land in the state ot of utah and computes the spread that starts today lit in the same bame proportion with tho the progress made front tho the start of 10 years ago one la IS led to wonder it if we are losing the the state and counties have recognized tills this situation and made appropriations for chemicals to fight the weeds the effort has been et ef on oil some tyl f S but thor 0 lira few casi casca a of completo complete tie lion that havo have b boon 0 e 11 observed from tills this process pio ceas some may question whether tho the procora lias has been beno belle total also Wh whether other it has haa taken the tha ty of tile tho battle from tile individual und placed it 11 anio the of tile tha state und anti tho the IM has grown slack alack in ills his effort na as it a result now tit the wall canles that tile the state ulla call no lie longer carry on oil tho battlo battle in a lical way these theao infested lands cannot bo be at a profit nor cat can they pay taxes junices they uro lire cleaned up and put in tull full pi tho the solution of tile pio bluin calls for in ili hellse individual and community effort tit in it a pr program that will it II possible eliminate not just con coil rot rol weeds it means a program of 0 bank treatment tient mont probably pio bably tile the removal of fence lines and cloin clean cultivation it Is evident that a years clean cultivation mill eliminate the weeds hut but with only it traction fraction of tile the land in III the state under cultivation the infestation is in ree reaching ching out far beyond tile the cultivated areas espee especially bally along tile the streams which makes the battle look to be everlasting forces must be gathered inre gentless lent lont less vigilance to hold tile the lines and to keep ut lit least tile the good irrigated lands land a of tile state tree free from weeds and capable ol of clean crop production the state department of agriculture will help the farm bureau has haa a weed eradication program the extension service will give alvo its best beat effort but those forces are not sufi without a well planned pro grant gram and tile tho best effort of each individual tanner farmer |