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Show Campaign Against All Noxious Weeds The efforts of the people of Utah in the past few years to eliminate noxious weeds have resulted in a great deal of disappointment. Noxious Nox-ious weeds seem to be increasing at a very rapid pace. It is usually conceded con-ceded by those who have given this matter study that the people must bo aroused to the seriousness of t!-is situation. In times past our vision in regard to this matter has been very obscure. It seems that we are planting more noxious weeds than we are eliminating. Recent legislatures have enacted pure seed laws for this state that are treated with contempt, and the farmers far-mers are not informed of the seriousness seri-ousness of the situation. During the month of April the state seed analyst anal-yst visited 2-10 stores .which were selling seed to the farmers. 68 of these stores handled package seed only. The remainder were selling both bulk and paikaga seeds. 26 were complying with the pure seed law; 32Cr were complying only in part and 429i were not complying with the law at all. During the month of April ap proximately 1000 pounds of Brome rass containing quackgTass was condemned; more than 1000 pounds of radish seed containing wild morning morn-ing glory; a considerable amount of onion seed containing wild morning glory; approximately 1500 pounds of alfalfa seed containing white-top and Russian knapweed were condemned con-demned and destroyed. There were also several thousand pounds of alfalfa seed which contained an ex-excessive ex-excessive amount of dodder. The communities in which this seed containing noxious weeds was found are Salt Lake City, Ptovo, Ogden, Panguitch, Kanarraville, Brig-ham City, Trenton, Morgan, Peoa, Kamas, Price, Roosevelt, Cedar City, Spanish Fork, Spring-ville, Spring-ville, Logan, Murray, Sandy, Lewis-ton, Lewis-ton, Bountiful, Amierican Fork, Duchesne. Seed firms who were operating op-erating contrary to law have been notified that it will be the policy of the department of agriculture in the future to prosecute all violators of the pure seed law. Since last seed time the department depart-ment of agriculture has condemned and destroyed several tons of radish seed infested with wild morning glory seed. There but few farms in our state upon which are not grown a small radish patch sometime during dur-ing the growing season. Probably the average amount of seed bought would be less than one pound per farm. You can readily see that. wild morning glory found in the amount of seed that is mentioned would infest in-fest most of the farms of our state. As a matter of fact, the farmer is planting, unknowingly, noxious weeds that are destroying his farm, and along with it, the resources of our state. An educational campaign should be started at once to acquaint the people with the real facts, and the laws pertaining to violators of the pure seed laws should be, and will be, onforcd as rigidly as the department of agriculture is able. ft |