Uintah Basin Standard | 1959-03-05 | Page 11 | Four Local Men Attend Weed Control Meeting

Four local men Attend weed Control meeting men from this area attended the Utah Weed Control Conference held List Thursday and Friday at the State Fairgrounds in Salt Lake City They are Lloyd county Norris agricultural at Miles Mt Lawrence from the Indian Service at A. Hale area agricultural to have been a speaker at the was unable to attend the conference due to a back Smith read his paper for entitled Control Through Seed and Representatives from this area strongly recommended concentration of control work in the Uintah Basin by the State of They were assured by Ariel M. commissioner or plant Utah State Department Of that special attention would be given to these ri 1 1 j r i i 1 Ay by the assignment of additional personnel for Inspection work in this At ibis Jorgen sen said weed control can be obtained in the state by good farming proper and consistent chemical control program along roads Milburn Fern of the Utah State Road said his studies show that it coat Utah last year to treat ite It amounts to about a More than county and Carman attended the New which can be used directly on fertile soil to control weeds without making the crop drew considerable attention at this for of la on the possessor of the land the weeds are Ji d Louis A. State University extension agronomist We wall not have a satisfactory weed control program on Utah farms ranges until each operator has developed a complete Control plan for his own