Show uintah count county y declares war on noxious weeds committee in charge orders two six foot beeders We eders at a meeting of the committee in charge of weed work in uintah county clarence W palmer was selected to act as supervisor of thi the project in uintah county mr air palmer Is well qualified tor for ill the position being a of the B Y U with a major in agronomy as well as hiving having had considerable sid erable experience in this type of work the county committee consists of the chabi chairman man of tile the county commission tom mission the president of the local farm buean and the county agent the county Is to be divided into six districts solicitors will he be selected from relief rolls to anak 3 a tentative tent athe atile of weed conditions and to contact the ahe owners of infested firm lands in some cases they will no doubt be called upon to educate the land owner in the importance of this worl work C having him sig sign 11 a statement whereby he will aglee to do the initial plowing of the infested aea and giving tile tae permission to cultivate these areis areas are is as they may see tit fit tor for the elimination of the noxious weeds tho the land owner will further agee not to attempt to plant or crop the infested ales this season the seriousness of the weed situation has been becoming more and mole gioie apparent during the past few years the spread of perennial noxious weeds including wild ino ining glory white top can canida canada ada thistle and russian knapweed during the past decade has reached such alarming dionor eions that practically every county in utah is becoming seriously affected this has so aroused ai ausel public sentiment that incessant demands have been colln coming in ill tor for federal aid in their eradication so serious have these weeds become on many farms that the owners are moving oft off to new fa fam m areas or onto relief islley rolls our water systems highways fence lines wiste waste lands forests public domains as well as farm lands are becoming badly infested possible all courses will be worked by men and teams with appropriate tools the county committee aut authorized ionized iori zed the purchase of two carlsen six foot to be used in such places but where they ale aie not feasible chemical sprays will be employed fences will be temporally removed or reset re set on lines to allow tor for tho the rise rase ot at these beeders wc we eders approximately 2300 a month has been allocated county for or this project the co operating with the department of 0 agriculture Is ready to do eveia thing possible to assist the land owner in getting aid of his noxious weeds but in order to make maka the project a total success each farmer in uintah county must give his wholehearted cooperation so lets pull together |