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Show Control Program Of Noxious Weeds En Duohesne County Discussed; Sien -Gilbert Renamed As Supervisor Discussion of the 1952 noxious nox-ious weed control program in Duchesne county was led by Jack Nielson, chairman of the Duchesne County Noxious Weed Control committee, at the annual an-nual meeting of the group held in late, December at Roosevelt. Glen Gilbert, of Myton, county coun-ty weed supervisor, gave a report re-port on the operation of the 1952 spray program. He pointed out that there were more requests re-quests for work than could be handled during the past season, but that considerable more spraying was done in the county coun-ty than ever before; and that fairly good kills were obtained except on Russian knapweed, and in some cases Canada thistle. this-tle. The matter of discussing the noxious weed .control program on state roads in the county during dur-ing Mr. Gilbert's report. It was suggested that the committee ask Bryant Anderson, state weed and seed supervisor, to contact the State Road Commission, Com-mission, in order to assist the county in getting a working agreement so that spray work on state road . property may be done at the proper time. During the past season, the county weed outfit sprayed the weeds on state road property, then billed the state for the work. Noxious weed control on Indian In-dian land -was also one of the major topics of discussion at the December meeting of the weed committee. Wilson Gutzman, of the Uintah-Ouray Indian agency, explained their department program, pro-gram, stating that the agency has three spray outfits which will be operated in 1953. One of these outfits is used by the Irrigation Ir-rigation Department and the other two work under the supervision su-pervision of Mr. Gutzman. Mr. Gutzman explained that spraying spray-ing by these Indian Department outfits is done on land operated by the Indian and that land leased to white operators; that spraying is handled on a custom cus-tom basis with the land operators opera-tors paying for the chemical and its application. In order to effect closer cooperation between be-tween the Indian Department and the Duohesne County Noxious Nox-ious Weed Control committee, it was suggested that a representative represen-tative of the Indian Department and the county weed supervisor travel together as much as practical prac-tical in making surveys and contacts where both Indian-owned Indian-owned and white-owned land are adjacent. It was also suggested sug-gested hat an attempt be made to have the spray outfits help each other by dividing the work and each one taking care of all the requests in a particular area where practical. , Attention was given to the problem of poison weeds in Duchesne Du-chesne county. Milk weed, ar row grass, hemlock, and other poison weeds were reported to be causing the death of considerable consid-erable livestock in this area each year. It was agreed by the committee com-mittee members that control of these poison weeds should receive re-ceive more attention through the weed control program. Hale Holgate reported the finding of the first, patch of Ho-ogeton Ho-ogeton in Duchesne county in upper Strawberry River area. John Strang, of the Duchesne office of the Soil Conservation Service, was the first to locate this growth. His report of the find was made in October, 1952. With the assistance of the land owners, Mr. Holgate and County Coun-ty Agent Louis Jensen, burned the infested area with fire guns this fall. The weed committee was assured that this area will be watched closely and sprayed a number of times next summer. A report on the education work and weed experiment work in the county was given by Mr. Jensen. He reported that assistance was given in the educational edu-cational program bv the weed committee, especially by Mr. Holgate and Mr. Gilbert. In summarizing this work, Mr. Jensen Jen-sen ' stated that four weed schools were held in the county last winter at the following places: Roosevelt, Tabiona, Mt. Home and Altonah. Control recommendations rec-ommendations were discussed at the various schools: weed identification identi-fication was taught through the use of plant specimens and seeds. Experimental work on Russian Rus-sian knapweed control 'was conducted con-ducted on the county experiment experi-ment weed farm southwest of Roosevelt; and dodder control, tests were conducted in six different dif-ferent farms in the Roosevelt-Myton Roosevelt-Myton area. Two different chemicals chem-icals were found to give satisfactory satis-factory dodder, control, but were expensive, Mr. Jensen said. , Three years of work on Russian Rus-sian knapweed control tests have shown poor control with 2-4-D, but good control experiments experi-ments were made with various soil sterilants including Atlacide Atla-cide and Polybor-Chlorate, according ac-cording to the county agent. Chemical companies cooperating cooper-ating in making these tests are the Pacific Coast Borax Co., Denver Fire Clay Co.. and the Wasatch Chemical Co. Pasture grasses and alfalfa are making a good showing in controlling Russian knapweed, or at least holding it in check, Mr. Jensen reported. It was recommended at the weed meeting that the experimental experi-mental work in educational work be continued; and ways to improve the educational program pro-gram were discussed. Mr. Jensen, Jen-sen, as secretary of the committee, com-mittee, agreed to make arrangements arrange-ments for the publication of a weekly news column in the local lo-cal papers to give ' information about the weed control program and help create interest and understanding un-derstanding among the people regarding this program. Each member of the committee is to write at least one article to be used in the news column during 1953. Again this year, - weed chemicals chemi-cals are to be purchased by Duchesne Du-chesne county and provided to the farmers at one-half the cost. A motion to this effect was made by Hale Holgate and seconded sec-onded by Wilson Gutzman. The committee authorized Mr. Holgate, Hol-gate, Mr. Gilbert and Mrs. Jensen Jen-sen to' serve as the committee for obtaining bids and ordering chemicals. This is to be done with the approval of Chairman Nielson. Mr. Jensen motioned that the county purchase on additional ad-ditional equipment this year for the noxious weed control program, pro-gram, but that the present spray outfit and truck be put in good condition and operated under the direction of Glen Gilbert, weed supervisor, who has been re-employed in this capacity for 1953. Mr. Gilbert's employment is to begin on May 1. The supervisor su-pervisor has been authorized to employ a spray operator to start work May 1. Those attending the annual weed meeting were Louis A. Jensen. Jack Nielson, Hale Holgate, Hol-gate, Glen Gilbert, Albert Harris, Har-ris, Wilson Gutzman, Marion Ross, Ray Brown, Floyd Lamb, Don Nielson and Elmer Moon. |