Show I Across the i County Agents Agent's Desk Monday Louis Jensen Extension Extension Exten Exten- sion slon Agronomist and Weed Specialist Specialist and ang I visited weed control plots In various parts of the county county county coun coun- ty and found that some of the plots are giving us excellent control con con- We visited one plot In Oakley Oak Oak- ley on the farm of He Ile Wilde where we ar are are controlling CanadIan Canadian Canad Canad- I Canad- Canad Canadian ian Thistle This Is the third with th I summer n no w tor this and the use of It still shows excellent co control We have two plots that we put putout putout putout out on quack grass grass which seem to be under control This Is on th the Parley Brown farm In Hoytsville I ville and we used Hyvar Hyvar X This Is going Into the third season for this and after three years this Is 18 giving good control The thing that must be remembered Is that this does sterilize the ground We WeI j used sed the same chemical on a plot I I at nt Mrs Gertrude Bagnell's and this this' looks very good One of the things we are trying to control is weeds and grasses in the ditches We We are doing this with Grant Bagnell and we used In the fall faU of 1964 and the results are very good Another thing we tried with Mr Bagnell is on wild ros ros- es This was put on In the fall of 1963 This chemical has given complete complete control over the shrub On the farm of Ralph Richards of Oakley we used and also X Hyvar-X and this is giving good control It must be remembered I that these are new chemicals chemicals chemicals chem chem- and therefore are quite exI expensive expensive ex ex- pensive but the results are showIng showing show show- I Ing up very well We hope that all farmers will cooperate with the he weed committee and see that the weeds are under control B as best they can For some unknown reason the name of Of Dale Ure was left lett off ort the list of 4 h members who went to toI Snow College a week ago Dale I acted as chairman of the citizenship citizen citizen- citizen I ship committee of the entire conference conj con con- j I ference It was his lob Job to see that I I the rules zules and regulations were set up and to hold an election for next 1906 1966 years year's conference Dale did a grand job Also Mrs LaRita Van Tassell went as H 4 advisor for the Summit and Wasatch Wasatch Wasatch Wa- Wa satch group Last W week ek Dr Dr George F F. F Knowlton was was- In the county to work with me on Insects We visIted visited visited vis vis- fields of alfalfa from Henefer Henefer Hene lIene- fer to Woodland also checked many shrubs and fruit trees for fer Insects that may be bothering them The alfalfa weevil was present In all fields visited Some had large infestations and some just small The suggestion that Dr Knowlton left with me wasI was I to let the farmers know that they should watch their alfalfa very I closely If It it appears appears that the I weevil worms are working heavy It if the alfalfa Is high enough to cut then do so Get the hay baled and the field cleared as soon as possible and then spray with or as soon soon as can be done This will kUI kill the worms worms and the adult weevil The chemicals are approved for weevil control There are a large number of trees and lilacs affected with oyster oyster oyster ter scale When these crawl then spray with as directed on the label The time for crawling crawling crawl crawl- ing should be about now The day ended with a heavy hard wind and rather cold so we couldn't check as thoroughly as I we should But we did didget get enough to tell ten us v that weevil and oyster shell sheU scale to b bg be checked |