Show I I Weed Eradication Experiments Being Conducted iol Man Many persons are daily asking for forthe forthe the best st method for the eradication of ot some noxious weed which they are unlucky enough to have on their pre pre- Chief am among ong these weeds in inquired inquired in in- about is 0 the wild morning morning- glory This weed is in all probability the most difficult weed to eradicate with ith which man has anything to do In answer er to these inquiries County Agents and Agricultural In- In specters are forced to answer Clean cultivation Clean cultivation on glory morning is an impossibility for many persons who are net not so situated that they can cultivate often enough to be cf cr any value Blue against this weed Tests have been conducted for lor a longtime long log longtime time in hopes that com one com one would beable be able to find lind a solution of the eradication eradication tion of 01 deep rooted perennial rats plaits These tests have not been without re reo sult suIt As tests tub to determine the best way to proceed against the wild morning morning- glory the agricultural inspectors of at atthe the state have een supplied with sodium sodium um chlorate with which to conduct spray experiments on this weed In southern louthern Utah these tests are also being being be be- ing made on the whorled milkweed in hopes that something ma may be found that will be in handling this serious weed These tests testa are in bE-in heinz conducted in three counties of southern Utah Washington Iron and Kane Kant None of these tests are yet finished so that none may tell Just 1st what the the outcome will be but from indi indications l observable at present things begin to to look Jook bad for morning They ere are re I also killing whorled milkweed but how l will stal Is b to be tree teer n aho another ber year fear The The p u oiD in handling these helt e tests Isto to apply this al ala a a aspray aspray spray spray y th three e times timea during the gro growing g season sUlon about six alx weeks span apart Two Tw o of ot these sprays have been applied to the glory morning i with the result thai that in every instance about 8 pc pei r cent of the plants are dead and more e dying each day The results of ot this spray will be watcher for fer with much by property owners o who are lire fighting morning glory and milk milk- weed Accurate re results lUh will viII be published published pub pub- as soon as anything definite is learned JOHN JOliN E. E BLAZZARD District Agricultural Ins Inspector 10 W- W |