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Show f County Agent Lists Steps in Weed Eradication Program Weeds are easiest to kill when they are small, advises Wallace SJoblom. county agricultural agent. Now, before the weeds get ahead of you is the time to get started on a weed control program on your farm. Weeds cost the United States approximately five billion dollars dol-lars a year. Louis A. Jensen, ex-tension ex-tension agronomist, at the Utah State University, estimates that Utah's, share of this loss Is fifteen fif-teen million dollars, or approx-imately approx-imately $625 per farm per year. Weeds compete with i?rops for fertility, moisture and HgHt. The following pointers will help you in eliminating this competition. 1 Cultivate crop land this spring to kill one or two crops of weeds before planting. 2 Plant weed-free seed. 3 Spray ditch banks, fence lines and other waste places. Do everything possible to set the weeds back and give the crops the advantage. Anyone Interested In-terested In more information on materials and methods of weed control is invited to dron In at Mr. SJoblom's office In the Fed-eral Fed-eral building In Cedar City. |