Chemical Weed Killers and Their Use

Abstract

Weed control studies at the Matanuska Experiment Station during the past two seasons have shown that many garden and field crops can be weeded satisfactorily with chemioals. Killing weeds with chemicals promises many benefits to the Alaskan farmer and gardener. Chemical weed: killing is cheap and effective—more important this practice helps reduce the seasonal peak labor loads encountered in truck growing enterprises. This circular tells what the Alaska farmer and gardener can expect weed killers to do for him under Alaskan conditions.