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Show Weed Handbook Available tank. That way you know the amount needed to spray the 100 square feet. Multiply that amount by 10 to determine how much water is needed to cover each 1,000 square feet. The Weed Control Handbook Hand-book published by USU Extension Ex-tension Service can be obtained at cost of $ 1 .50 through the local county extension ex-tension office. Chase also sug- gests that gardeners obtain the extension publication, "Weed Control for the Homeowner" available at the county extension exten-sion offices throughout the state. Home gardeners and farmers far-mers alike can benefit this year from the 1984 Utah Weed Control Con-trol Handbook now available, noted Rick Chase, extension-weed extension-weed specialist, Utah State University. IN ADDITION to recommendations recom-mendations for weed control in field and fruit crops, the hand-bood hand-bood gives control recommendations recommen-dations for highways and road-. road-. ways, rangelands, waterways and weed control in small areas. Conversion tables are given for converting to tsps. tbls. and cups per 1,000 square feet the herbicidal recommendations that are given on the label in . pounds, quarts, or pints per acre. CHASE explained that after you determine how much herbicide her-bicide to apply on your small area, you determine how much water to mix with it in the sprayer. He suggests marking off a known area such as 100 square feet. Start with a full tank of water, spray the 100 square feet as you would if you were spraying with an herbicide. herbi-cide. Then measure the water required to refill the spray |