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<br />..,. <br /> <br />37 <br /> <br />'.'00l125 <br />. . <br /> <br />-.:. ". .""'.~ ~ <br /> <br />Weed eradication experiments nnd denonst~ations have been continued. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />.' <br /> <br />Seven plots totaling over 15 adres of bindweed nnd knapweed have been <br />worked on this year. This was a continuation of work beGUn in 1937. How- <br />ever, it is believed that all most all the eradication is completed, The <br />hand weed burner was not used this year due to safety regulations, The single <br />blade eradicator w~s not used as much this year as hoeing and digGing was found <br />to be more efficient for the few eeeds that carn up this year, Special attention <br />paid t::> time interv:11s between cutting and dig(;i.ng. Th.i.s "ork was carried on <br />as an experiment and as a denonstrntion t::> project farmers, As nearly as possi- <br />ble, Qethods were used th~t would be practical for the farmer to use. <br /> <br />A weed survey ::>f all government ditches was begun this fall by the camp; <br />Nearly 10,000 acr~s of land was surveyed and cards, maps made of infestatiJns, <br />".1 Dut a small area of) the District has gone OV8r in this manner and will be <br />finished in the sprinG. Theso recQrds will be valuable t::> the District when <br />er;J.Cl.l.c>....t.i.an wor~ 1.s he<Pm. <br /> <br />~ <br />