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Show Letter To Farmers Urges Help In Weed Control Recently a letter was sent to farmers throughout the Uintah Basin over the signature of Hale Holgate, district agricultural inspector, in-spector, in which he calls their attention to the state law as it pertains to the eradication and control of noxious weeds, which are imposing staggering costs on land-owners, counties and the state. According to Mr. Holgate's letter, one of the most rapid means of spreading weed seeds is by farm machinery moving from noxious-weed infested districts dis-tricts to clean areas. The law requires every operator oper-ator of a self-binder, combine harvester, threshing machine and baler, to obtain a permit from the State Department of Agriculture. This permit . is issued is-sued without cost to operators. The law further requires that operators clean their machines before moving them from aj weed infested farm onto the1 public pub-lic highway or other private property. If machines are not cleaned properly, seemingly harmless weeds, such as Wild Morning-Glory, Morning-Glory, Canada Thistle, White Top, Russian Knapweed, and many others remain on or in farm equipment and are transported trans-ported from farm to farm. Two or three years later, landowners discover these pests on their land. Weeds often double the cost of production, and in many cases weed infested land musl be abandoned. Landowners could avoid danger of this by requiring requir-ing custom operators to clean their machines before entering the property. If a farmer or his manager would ask the operator of equipment equip-ment moving onto his farm if he has a permit and if his machinery ma-chinery has been properly cleaned, clean-ed, a great help would be effected ef-fected in the control of weeds spread. Landowners have a definite def-inite responsibility to prevent the spread of weeds and the waste that results. Great improvement has been noted in the past few years, and cooperating land owners and operators should be complimented compli-mented in the way they have united to help control the spread of weeds, Mr. Holgate's letter specified. Any person who plans on operating op-erating machinery for public service can obtain an application blank by contacting Mr. Holgate or his office, which is also the County Agent's office, at Roosevelt, Roos-evelt, by mailing a card, or by person, or by writing to the State Department of Agriculture, State Capital Building, Salt Lake City, Utah. Application blanks after being properly filled out, should be mailed to the State Department of Agricultue. |