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Weeds cost the owner of an average sized farm (251 ac.) | $934.00 per year. While an estimate, this figure repre! sents thinking of agricultural workers and businesses throughout the state and based upon losses in yield, extra cultivation costs, loss of annual land value, increased costs of harvesting and in costs of herbicides. Also, in some commodities loss due todecreased quality.

************ A pound of weeds in pastures equals a pound less forage for your livestock.

************ Mustard: Not the kind that is too thick for custard; not the kind you grow in your garden, but the plain common old weed-“wild mustard' so abun dant in our fields in spring uses twice the nitrogen, twice the phosphate, four times the potash and three times the water than does oats!

************ HAPPY NEW YEAR!

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