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Show More Chemicals Used In Farm Weed Control Chemical control of weeks is becoming be-coming a successful and economical econom-ical practice on many of the nation's na-tion's farms. Recent reports indicate that Americans are using well over 30 million pounds of the so-called phenoxy compounds 2,4-D, 2,3, 5-T and MCP each year. During 1951 alone, approximately 25 million acres of farm land was treated with 2,4-D, but one of the variety of herbicides in use. Control of wild mustard in wheat has been important in the use of these chemicals. Cultural practices developed to meet the mustard problem had proved almost worthless worth-less 10 years ago and the number of acres infested with wild mustard was increasing annually. Now one-fourth pound of an amine salt of 2,4-D will control wild mustard in an acre of wheat, at a reasonable reason-able cost. |