The Redwood gazette., 1934-12-20
STATES TO UNITE
IN WAR ON WEEDS
Nate H. BOvee on State Com
mittee to Further Work of
Eradicating Weeds

county weed control program which
has been copied throughout the coun-
try, plans for statewide and ma
tional drive with the aid Of state and
federal appropriations were discuss
ed at a meeting of more than $50 re-
presentatives from five states Tues
day at Window.
The conference was called as was
explained, because such noxious
weeds as Creeping Jenny and Leafy
Spurge, especially Creeping Jenny,
are rapidly making inroads upon our
fertile farm lands, reducing them to
submarginal state and making them
serious menace to surrounding
land" Those present were from
Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska, South
Dakota and Kansas.
The meeting opened at 10 a. m.
and lasted until late in the afternoon
when a set of resolutions was intro
duced and adopted. Speakers includ-
ed C. P. Bull, special assistant of the
Minnesota department of agriculture;
C. E. >Bucanan, director of the con-
troll division of the Weed and Seed
department Of the Kansas State
Board of Agriculture; Professor Will
liam J. Leary of South Dakota Agri-
cultural college at Brookings; Pro-
fessor A. L. Bake of Iowa State COL
lege; R. A. Trovatten, Minnesota
Commissioner of Agriculture and
Professor R. H. Porter, plant paths
ologist at Iowa State college.
In the resolutions each state re-
presented was asked "to do all in its
power to promote wholesale warfare
upon weeds" and it was urged that
the state and federal governments
take necessary steps to set up CO.
operative weed control project and
that the federal government, cooper
| ating with the several states, provide
the necessary research projects to
work out more effective and practical
means of eradication and control of
primary noxious weeds by both cul-
tivation and the use of chemicals.
Because of the expense involved
support of weed control and eradica-
ton was asked by appropriation Of
adequate sums by both the states
and the federal government as may
be necessary to effectively prosecute
the project"
An increase in the appropriation
to the Minnesota department of agri-
culture for the general work at pre-
sent being conducted in the matter of
weed control was recommended by
Minnesota representatives, while the
entire conference approved a resolu-
ton compelling seed companies by
law to cease advertising and distri-
buting seeds and plants known to be
of "a noxious weed character"
A temporary weed promotion COM
mittee for Minnesota consisting Of
the representatives Of six organiza-
ions was selected. The members are
Nate H. Bovee of Redwood Falls,
county agents association; c. P. Bull
of St. Paul, state department of
agriculture; C. L. Peterson OF st.
Paul, Farm Managers association;
Nick Gender, Butterfeld, Township
and County Officers association; =.
D. Minium of New Ulm, State High
way department and F. C. Wisdorf OF
Fulda, Farm Bureau. A permanent
committee will be selected later with
an addition of members of the
Grange, Farmers Union and the Uni
versity Farm. Each state participat-
ing in the drive will have a similar
committee and national body will
be formed from members Of the
various state committees.