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Show r r-arr - : Have You A Weed Mortgage On Your Farm? liy I.. A. ( lurk Then- are ;ix or s-vm bitfl p:r- , entiiiU !, in j'ir cwu'.y at the jr :-.' ii t mm!. In :-:nrrifi s e'.ions thu.-.e v,eed:; an.' quip: sctr':-.- v. h:le par'.:: of Uii! comity an: over run. The t- per-cinual: per-cinual: ar: r I j I : f r 1 1. - 1 Ki'K.t commonly com-monly In I'l. a ant. Drove by mnni-in mnni-in (dory anil white top. Like a ii.jl c!i.,i-a..i: they are .-.ir-;ulin? more cacli year. Unu-.-.., every om faces tin! control and t.pn.-ad problems of these perennial v,eed.i a.; time go on every f inn will in turn be infe-.ted, laud vajurn will go d -V. n, crop yields lerV.i. i- aiid farm labor increase Tin- :,ize of our local control problem 4. Cutting of hay previous to maturity ma-turity of seed i:i while top. Iletommendt-d Local Organizations: . A. Local Farm Bureau committees. B. Smith Hughes Director of the di.'-.trict. C. Other co-opera tin? agencies: SehooL, civic and church organization.;, organiza-tion.;, Future Farmer and 4-H club:, Caral and Irrigation companies. Sus:'-t-d I'lan: j 1. Educational Exhibition of s.ed a:-! ': A plants. 2. Special weed meetings and lectures. lec-tures. 3. News items and publicity. 4. Local and County tour. 5. Demonstrations on control of we.-d plots, i Clean cultivation). G. Checking and reporting of results re-sults of year. LYMAN H. RICH, I ANSON B. CALL, JR., County Extension Agents. I o is already Ki.i.tic. It will pay every one to co-operate in this program, to ;.! iuiula.'e interest and call at t'-n- Lion to the weed menace which Ls incroa.imi in Utah county. A meeting attended by county com-nib.. com-nib.. loners, county and local farm liui'eaus, Smith-IIughos directors, county in1,!)! cti:n deart!r.ent and counly eien:,on si rvice, was held in j Provo last week. A committee representing that j meeting has presented the following Utah Counly Weed and Seed Pro-j gram fur 1034. Weed Control and Eradication! Plan: Prevention : A. Identfication of noxious weeds and seeds, B. Never plant or buy weed infested in-fested seeds. C. Prevention of spread by seeding seed-ing (cutting of weeds along fence rows, ditch banks, canals and roads before seeding). D. Destruction of seeds along streams. E. Cleaning of farm machinery (harvesting and cultivating farm implements). Cciilriil and Lradirator: A. Clean cultivation. (In case of noxious perennials, cultivate sufficiently suffi-ciently frequent to prevent weeds from appearing above the ground). B. Spraying (calcium chlorate) recommended only in small plots j where clean cultivation is not practical. prac-tical. Special Control of Badly Ini'i'sli'd l.'stricts: A. White T.:p Districts: 1. Quarantine of weed infested: hay, straw and grain. 2. Diseourege production of seed; for sale in infested farms. j 3. Discourage shipment of hay, 1 stra,v, and grain from infested farms. |