| Show Weed supervisor gives advice to Farmers on spraying For insects arid Quotes law by Hale Hoi gate Weed Uintah Basin The time is rapidly approaching when farmers be spraying for insect and pest I wish to remind you that at a hearing conducted by the State Department of August at the alfalfa seed and honey producers of Duchesne and Uintah requested that the State Department of Agriculture put into within the two the rules and regulations promulgated under provision of Economic Poison Application Act of Beginning with the year 1957 these rules and regulations have been There many important phases of it which a person using cst control materials should become familiar One of the main ones is pertaining to the time these chemicals may be According to the Poison Application Act of these materials must not be used on blooming crops earlier than p.m. and not later than a.m. That it shall not be applied during the day time when the bees are working the At the 1956 hearing a committee was appointed to study and make any revisions in the Act that they felt necessary to make it fit conditions in the Basin After some time and study the committee deemed it wise to change the application time to an hour p.m. to a.m. instead of p.m. to a.m. Their request was granted by the State Agriculture Department proved unsatisfactory and after further taking into requests of farmers and bee it was decided that the time originally set tip p.m. to be again Tills was done officially at another hearing conducted by the State of February 1958 at Myton Thus it Is law that no spraying of pest-control materials may take place between the hours of a.m. and p.m. that are In This does not apply when crops are not in Anyone violating this law are subject to the penalties there May I also remind anyone who or would like to a spray-machine for public whether the ground or from the that the State requires that take an examination and pay a fee for a I am authorized to give the examination to anyone desiring to obtain a I wish to express my gratitude to the farmers and bee men of the Uintah their co-operation in this There were only two complaints came in to me during the whole of last I hope this new crop season will find conditions even more All experience is an to build Henry Adams |
