Show Livest Livestock ck By W. W E. E WEED BATTLE BATTLEs HAS s STARTED IN OGDEN AREA Farmers Begin Campaign Through Cultivation of Land Lan LanI I Weed e 1 eradication Is one ot of the problems that county count farm farm- cri er propose to solve this year as az part of ot the Ule Weber County Count Farm Form bureau program reparations Preparations arc are now being made for tor or the bit bat bittie battie tie to be bc waged throughout the early tarl spring In same sections U it has already begun for Cor land cul cul- cultivation cultivation cultivation Is underway ay In the lower sections of the Ule count county eradication of weeds by cultivation cultivation tion lion has been een practiced for area ages Up to the present time this meth meth- method method od has generally proved to be the most economical and successful Plowing flowing Plo ln weeds wet s under covers them with a layer of soil soli that most of ot the living material m Later cultivation destroys destros a large proportion of the tho seeds Meds that have hare sprouted Still further urther cultivation provides for the germination of more of the tho seeds cedI In the tho soil and at the tho same kills the seedlings seedlings seed Seed- Seedlings lings that have havo started Perennial weeds however can send up shoots as ns often as they are destroyed during tho the season Sl Son and require a different treatment Such weeds are the worst weed pests 1 ests and require more careful more moe persistent and ond more frequent cultivation During the tho plowing of ot the soil the roots that live In Inthe Inthe Inthe the upper layers are arc broken up and may mil bo be dragged along the furrow Curro by the plow to ground that Is not Infested with the plant When the field Is being harrowed harro tho the dragging dr of root fragments Is even more probable because they the will be moved to a I distance and left In loose soil that provides an excellent place for growth This makes it necessary n to work orl separately tend nd Infested with weeds having ha roots that can grow from small pieces In such places consistent destruction of the tops as soon as they the appear will prove provo the tho best remedy reme y A A. knife edge I passed pa ed just under the surface of oC the soil In a way to cut off the I young shoots or a foot duck cul eul cultivator tI ator with sharp shovels In sev sty several several eral cral over lapping tiers will be found the most effective of oC the machines now In iii use In the me me- mechanical mechanical destruction of perennial weeds n |