Show WILL WEEDS ant nr IN FIGHT FOR SIGHT RIGHT TO UTAH FAR FARMS PY by director william peterson service one old lias has said that opposing fontis to oneo one a I 1 are a tot test of 0 ones ability and integrity with life I 1 weeds weeda are certainly an appos opposing 1 ng force to a successful crop product production 01 and the battle Is on are arc we losing or gaining are are the front lines retreating from the edge of 0 the weed patch or are they holding and again will go forward forwar 19 A As s one travels over ill the t farms in the state of utah one cannot help but be impressed with the thousands ands ot of acres of 0 good land given to the growth groth of 0 weeds since the beginning of agriculture in the state some weeds have been certainly et enough h to Inter grUy at and d lie action such weeds as red roots pig weeds Pur glane poverty weed dan dandelions dellois del lops grass etc elc have become so common that they are upon as constant associates in fit tho tha gardens they have been with sidn hoel up lip as they came through the ground and disappeared tor for the season now ow there has haa dome come into tile farm effort a new and more inore powerful more yi vigorous and better organized enemy in ili the form of a perennial weed T with a running yoot sy system stent the roots are well fr trenched and continue spreading though the Surf surface acs Is cut up occasionally these weeds have taken possession ot of not only valuable acres hut but fence lines daten banks roads railroad right of way until the situation has changed from an individual to a community program there Js a mortgage bearing a high interest rate quietly spreading over the land and the mortgage Is spreading when one analyzes the progress these weeds are making in the acres of irrigated land in the state ot utah and computes the spread that starts today in the same proportion with the progress made from the start of 0 10 years ago one is led to nonder it we are losing the battle the state and counties have recognized this situation jand and imade appropriate iona tor for chemicals to tight fight the weeds the effort has bas been elective on some types but there are few cases of 0 complete elimination mi that have been observed from this process some may question whether the process has been beneficial also whether it has tak en the responsibility of the battle from bioni the individual and placed it into the hands bands of the state and the individual has grown stack slack in his own effort as a result now the word comes that the state and coun ties can no longer carry on the battle in a chemical way these in tested lands cannot be farmed at a profit nor can they pa pay taxes unless they are cleaned up and put in full production product lon tho the solution of the problem calls fo tor intense individual arid and community effort in a program that will if ros elble eliminate no not just control weeds it means a program ot of ditch bank treatment provably pro ably the removal of fence lines end and clean cul ti Li aion valon it Is evident that a years clevn cumle atlon M will ili li minate the V verida e eds but with orly a fraction of tile tho land in the stal seiti 3 under caiti J lion the infestation Is rp aching ut nil tar far beyond tile tha areas especially along the stream which makes the battle look to be el everlasting er forces must be gathered in relentless lent lont less vigilance to hold tile the lines and to keep at least the good irrigated lands landi of the state trie from weeds wid calame of clean alej 1 l crop production the state department of agriculture will help the farm bureau has a weed eradication program the r extension service will give its host best effort but these there forces are not sufficient without a well planned program Ir arid and the best effort of each individual farmer |