| Show COUNTY AGENTS COLUMN WEEDS A county wide W P A weed project started in millard county april 16 the purpose of this weed project is control and where possible the eradication of 0 noxious weeds white top is causing considerable damage in this county the alfalfa seed industry in particular Is being badly hurt by this weed A county wide weed program should have the cooperation of all land owners under the project set et up the cooperator agrees to I 1 plant ilant seeds of high qua lit imd and free from roni noxious weeds 2 permit a solicitor or supervisor to make a weed survey on his farni farm 3 do the initial plowing of the infested area at 1 l the beginning of the season 4 to permit crews of 0 W 1 I A workers to cultivate these areas as they see fit for the elimination of noxious weeds 5 further agrees not to attempt to plant or crop the infested area this season reason 6 in connection with morning glory the grower agrees to irrigate the infested areas as directed by the solicitor during the season W P A agrees I 1 to send solicitors licit ors on to the cooperators land and map patches of noxious weeds 2 to cultivate it possible these lands at regular intervals throughout the season in a manner that will prevent growth RODENTS last year the countywide county wide rodent campaign did considerable good ground squirrels are fewer in number than for several years A Is 1 needed this year why not finish the job while the numbers are few it if we do a good poison job tor for another two years we e can about eradicate this pest if the squirrels squirrel are not poisoned this year we will have as many as ever in two to years farmers can handle this post pest it if united effort Is shown poison grain may be purchased at a price lem than that of last year UTAH FM SAYS F we have been fighting weeds tor for a long time lime and yet our noxious weed patches continue to increase in both size and number professor J C fl hogenson extension agronomist 0 of athe the extension service observes the time aan place to begin to f fight weeds eeds is at planting time and w with ith the seed selected for or planting many farmers plant more weed seeds with their crops than they can possibly destroy through their weed kill ing processes professor Il hogenson out the solution to the problem lies eventually only in the planting of good clean seed farmers in the northern section of utah bought alfalfa seed from a trucker because they could buy it from him tor for 26 cents per hundred pounds cheaper than they could purchase it elsewhere most of 0 the farmers planted this seed without giving a thought to its purity one farmer however after emain examining ining the saed fe ed realized that it did not look just right so he be called the county agent the county agent found that this particular lot of alfalfa seed had from 90 to white top and wild morning glory seeds per pound or enough to plant from 1300 to 1800 noxious weed seeds on every acre of gro ground und where this seed was planted these farmers saved a few dimes by purchasing hasine this cheap seed but they have lost hundreds of dollars through the decreased value of future crops and have made for them pelves helves and their posterity an almost endless job of ridding their farms of the weed menace |
