Mt. Pleasant Pyramid | 1928-05-18 | Page 4 | Are Weeds a Menace to your Farm?

Are YWeds a Menace to Your Farm? Farmers in Utah and elsewhere suffer heavy annual In:;:; flue to weed;;. Weed; decrease crop yield:;, decrease Hie unl' ; value of both crop and dairy prod'at.;- i, Injure stock from poisoning, and tun -four Insects and diseases. Because thr ;y are more hardy than crop plants t,h ! are able to crowd out crops with wl-J ,-h they compete; consequently, wcr .(( nourish. Realizing these facts, the Utah Ar pi. cull ural Kxperimcnt, .Station has bi:;, released a 52-paKe circular (No 7) i entitled "Weeds-Loses--Ardencies In Oistrlhutlon, Nature, and C'ont ,rnl." This publication, r,f which Wl' lllrun 1 Peterson and D. C. Tlnicy are I ho w i l.uthors, includes a very thoroiiidi and ttomplete tn'iitment of the suliject. In addition lo the most common methods in f control, rotation and cultivation, the 'loliowini; treatments are recomme'-d- vl: (1i '1'iealiiiK with some cheiul(;al. '.') smiil lierinK either with a crop o- trie non-livinic material, (3) flooding a'l I kecpliiK t.lm weeds covered Willi win er. I'll past uilim, 5) biunlni!, and l- rllnitlim. l''or those Inlcresli-d In a furl ier knowleclK'! of tlie subject a liilill 'in in I ! iy of some twenl y-lilne re-f re-f - i. . r ices Is Ini liiilerl 111 the circular. (:i lies of Station Circular No. 71 (VVeei Is) will be mailed upon rei'rst to tin ' Division of Publications, Utah l'',perl, nent HI al Ion. Try A PVHA,MII) AIM.ICT!