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Show tv i n i i ' Change Advised Cache ccur.ty ccrr-missici'iers Wednesday took under advisement the request to purchase moc'.ern sprr.y equipment for weed eon- : trol work in the county next year after hearing a report on ac.ivi- I ties for 1945 as presented by the county weed control commi'.tee, -Clerk N. J. Crookston reported. 1 T. L. Blajichard. weed control supervisor, Lloyd Hunsaker, coun- I ty agricultural agent; V. Allen Olsen. president of the farm bu- j reau, and C. A. Brown, weed con- ; trol committeeman, met with the I commission and explained the program. pro-gram. They pointed out that with a new spray outfit and chemical , they could control approximately j twice as much land as was under : contract this year. I The committee suggested that I this equipment be purchased in ' place of a new tractor which the i commission was considering, and emphasis be placed on chemical I rather than cultivation control. I The cost would be about $9000 for the year, an increase of $2500 over the expenditure in 1945, but j the return would be much greater, great-er, they said. F. O. Cronholm, U. S. Bureau of Reclamation engineer, discussed phaases of the Little Bear River 'and Logan River Flood control j projects with the commission. |