Letter: Tribune’s back pages fascinate
The most interesting pages of the Tribune are the last. C-4 today, March 3.
On the right side of the page is an article on the strawberry growers in L.A. County. It talks about their battles with rules which restrict their use of fumigants, and their difficulty with being able to sustain their business against the EPA and the clean air idiots.
On the left side of the page (hummm, left) is a gardening article on how to control clover and oxalis in your yard. Even though it says use herbicides last, it says spray the s— out of it. I guess if you have a “golf course” you can multiply those recommendations by four.
Where are we? I just got a letter from the county fire department about weeds and their control for fire abatement. I use herbicides to control weeds because they use water that my crops could use. I spray the edge of the roads to control weeds, and also to protect the road from being destroyed by such weeds as Bermuda and nutgrass. I don’t disc along the road because the dust blown up by trucks hauling your produce to market can cause mites in my crop, which would result in a pesticide use.
Last week we had an article on eating insects and bugs in Indonesia. It was on the left. on the right was an advertisement for a fundraiser. A Chinese dinner?
Those of you that believe … I feel sorry for you.
Bill Hoffrage,
Madera
