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Show Weed Control Discussed at Delta Meeting Millard County Pioneers In Weed Control Weed control and how to use the chemical compounds in weed eradication erad-ication were discussed and demonstrated demon-strated at an all day session held in Delta Tuesday. The members of the weed committee, Will Killpack, Blaine Robinson, Leo Lyman, Dudley Dud-ley Crafts, W. C. Cole, Peter Gron-ning, Gron-ning, Oren Bliss and assistant county coun-ty agent, R G. Rickenbach, and the county commissioners, A. O. Gardner, Gard-ner, and Harold Morris attended. Dr. Arvil L. Stark, director of agricultural ag-ricultural research and information, and La Var Thatcher, representatives representa-tives of the Wasatch Chemical co of Salt Lake City, told of the uses of some of the chemicals put out by the company for killing bugs and weeds.. Dr. Stark talked on Weedone, an emulsified form, which has been used with success in other counties in eradicating morning glory and white top. He predicted the price for spring per acre would drop from $85 to $25. He also talked of En-Dow-Weed, made by Dow Chemical co., Salt Lake, which Is used by spray, after mixing the powder with water. Millard County has sponsored a program this year, using two power pow-er sprays on selected patches that has cost approximately $8000 for the chemical itself. They have pioneered pio-neered in the field of weed eradication eradi-cation with the use of chemicals, in the west, and especially in Utah. The party made a tour in fhe afternoon after-noon of the patches that have been treated, with results that were gratifyingly successful. There was a thorough kill on Russian Knap weed. White top was mostly killed. Mr. Rickenbach had dug test holes, 6 to 7 feet deep, that a man can enter and observe the roots of white top. In those that were treated earlier in the season, the roots were dead,' and those treated later were dying. There was an interesting demonstration demon-stration of the results of the use of DDT in dusting alfalfa for ligus bugs and other insect pests. On a 40-acre patch of ai.'alfa, 30 acres were dusted, and ten acres left, just across a ditch, all in the same field. The dusting was done before the bloom comes, in order not to kill the bees. A handful of alfalfa -from the dusted patch was heavy with seed, a handful from the un-dusted un-dusted patch was stripped of leaves leav-es and few small seed burrs, about a ten per cent crop. A small amount of DDT, which has not been available to civilians, was used here in experiment. Next year there will be unlimited quan-tites quan-tites released for use, at a considerably consid-erably reduced price, and a most successfuul method of application is by airplane, at a cost of 5c a pound to spread. , There was also Sabadille dust, the wonder dust, that does away with squash bug problems and weevil in alfalfa. In the commercial fertilizers, experiments ex-periments showed good results with liquid phosphoric acid on first and second crops. This can be got in great quantities, and costs in the same neighborhood as treble superphosphate. super-phosphate. Mr. Rickenbach will gladly give further information on any of these compounds and may be contacted con-tacted in his office. Plans were made for the campaign cam-paign for next year on weed eradication, erad-ication, to carry on the work and eradicate what is left of the weeds. |