Show N NEWS w s T H E A effs r gents p corner CT by corner lamont E F Ta eller comity agent DANDELION DAMAGE IS 13 GREAT THIS YEAR there 1 Is no weed that does more to reduce the yield ot of alfalfa hay in utah than does the dandelion says sayi Prof professor mior J C hogenson utah extension agronomist practically all over the state stale now most 0 of the older alfalfa fields aro are yellow instead of green as they should be dandelions are taking advantage of the cold wet spring and are crowding out the alfalfa plants ob serves mr air hogenson Ho genRon in many fields field visited recently alfalfa plants numbered not more than ten per square lod led while dau dandelion dellon plants numbered thousands N I 1 such sikh a held field worth saving certainly not when an alfalfa field begins to take on a yellow dandelion color in the spring it Is 13 time to plow it up A new field however must be started first so that the liay hay supply can he be maintained dandelions can be kept under control only by plowing and cultivating A plowed up alfalfa field should be panted to grain and cultivated tor for a few years before planting back to alfalfa suggests mr II Il dandelion hay bay means not more than halt a ton to the acre while good alfalfa should give at least 3 tons we cannot afford to grow dandelions lets fight them |