Herbicidal composition and method employing a combination of a polychlorobenzoic acid and a phenoxyaliphatic acid

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A COMPOSITION FOR THE CONTROL OF WEEDS IN CROPS WHICH COMPRISES A MIXTURE OF (A) AT LEAST ON CHLOROBENZOIC COMPOUND SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF 2:3:6-TRICHLOROBENZOIC ACID, 2:3:5:6-TETRACHLOROBENZOIC ACID, 2:6-DICHLOROBENZOIC ACID AND SALTS THEREOF AND (B) AT LEAST ONE PHENOXYALIPHATIC HORMONE WEEDKILLER COMPOUND SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF 2:4-DICHLOROPHENOXYACETIC ACID, 2-METHYL-4-CHLOROPHENOXYACETIC ACID, 2:4:5-TRICHLOROPHENOXYACETIC ACID, GAMMA-2-METHYL-4CHLOROPHENOXYBUTYRIC ACID, GAMMA-2:4-DICHLOROPHENOXYBUTYRIC ACID, ALPHA-2-METHYL-4-CHLOROPHENOXYPROPIONIC ACID AND SALTS OF SAID COMPOUNDS, SAID COMPOSITION CONTAINING A WEIGHT RATIO OF CHLOROBENZOIC COMPOUND TO PHENOXYALIPHATIC HORMONE WEEDKILLER COMPOUND OF FROM ABOUT 1:0.25 TO ABOUT 1:32.