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Allen Kates
“Weeds cost money; rob the corn crop of nutrients and moisture. Cultivation ties up labor and equipment during the spring rush. Weeds increase the difficulty in' harvesting.”
“If weeds are not destroyed with | in a month after com is planted, j yields may be destroyed by 10 to | 20 per cent or more. Early use of | herbicides aidss in delaying, or eli-1 minating the need for thedifficult, j slow and damaging first cultivation. j
“With severe early weed infesta-i tion and adverse weather condi-J tions, cultivations do nry offer adequate control. In Virginia research! trials during the past 10 years, I weeds, have caused-an.average re*I duction of 33~bushels of corn perl acre. Plots with adequate weed j control tidier by cultivation or| chemical^ have yielded an average of 95 bushels -per acre. About onethird of the time cultivation failed Continued on page twelve
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