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HORTICULTURE 



December 27, 1913 



WEED EXTERMINATION. 



(Dr. a. E. Stone, in Annual Keport of 

 Mass. Agrl. Exper. Station.) 



(Continued from page8&8) 



The effects of the prevailing winds 

 on plantain seed are often shown in 

 their distribution on lawns. In win- 

 ter their seed spikes are often found 

 protruding above the snow, and when 

 the snow has a crust the seeds are 

 easily carried long distances, and 

 often land at certain points corres- 

 ponding with the action of the wind. 



Many other weeds, when cut below 

 the surface, will not renew their 

 growth. An asparagus cutter insert- 

 ed into a handle, is a cheap, practical 

 and easily used tool for cutting roots 

 below the surface. 



Frequent applications of fertilizer 

 to lawns is of some service in exter- 

 minating weeds. For this reason we 

 have devised a lawn fertilizer spread- 

 er, consisting of a holder mounted on 

 rubber-tired wheels, with an opening 

 % of an inch in width which can 

 easily be opened or closed while oper- 

 ating the machine. The spreader is 

 provided with a revolving cylinder 

 which keeps the fertilizer pulverized 

 and in motion. This device was de- 

 signed to improve upon the clumsier 

 method of hand spreading, and it will 

 spread the fertilizer so evenly and 

 thoroughly that everj' root can be 

 reached. With its use more fertilizer 

 may be required to completely cover 

 the lawn, but a great deal is gained 

 ty the thorough application and even 

 distribution. It is not designed to 

 spread coarse manure, but may be 

 used with pulverized sheep and cow 

 manure and commercial fertilizers. 



Besides using pulverized sheep or 

 cow manure in the spring or fall, 

 wood ashes, nitrate of soda, sulfate 

 or muriate of potash may be applied. 

 Wo have found it well to fertilize in 

 late summer when the grass is losing 

 its vigor, which keeps it growing and 

 in good condition up to the end of the 

 season, and also helps greatly to 

 crowd out undesirable fall weeds. 



Weed Seeds in Sheep Manure. 

 Pulverized sheep and cow manure, 

 while excellent for lawns on account 

 of the large amount of organic matter 

 which they contain, do, like other ma- 

 nures, possess a disadvantage in the 



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to make a solid, well filled, and perfectly shaped ear. 



Use 200 to 500 pounds Kainit per acre to balance either 

 green or stable manure and be sure that the fertilizer you 

 use contains 8 to to per cent Potash, 



Ask your dealer to carry goods of that grade. If he 

 doesn't we will sell you any amount of Potash, &x>in one 

 200 lb. bag up, and you can add it yourself. 



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undesirable weed seeds often found in 

 them. Most of the pulverized ma- 

 nures comes from the Chicago stock 

 yards, and western seeds are likely 

 to predominate in them. An analysis 

 of pulverized sheep manure shows the 

 following weed seeds in one pound: 



Table Showing Number and Kinds of 



Weed Seeds in One Pound of 



Pulverized Sheep Manure. 



Numhor of 



Kind of Seed. Seeds. 



Ladies' thumb 580 



Tumble weed 670 



.Sorrel 3!)0 



Timothy l.OOO 



I'uxt.Tll 400 



r.'inionm :ind other species 820 



IMnnt;i|Ero Innreolaf.n. etc 200 



Total 4,Oeo 



The figures given in this table show 

 the great number of seeds in pul- 

 verized sheep manure, — 4,060 to 1 

 pound, which would be equivalent to 

 4iifi.0()0 seeds in a 100-pound bag. But 

 this table represents only one analy- 

 sis, although taken from a typical 

 sample on the market. Some of- the 

 seeds named are of little account, 

 while others, like Plantnfjn lanrrnlntn 

 and certain Vnnininis. often prove 

 noxious. One lawn with which we 

 have experimented, and to which 

 sheep manure was applied freely, be- 

 came badly contaminated with Plan- 

 tapo Uiiivcntnta, which had never been 



noticed in the lawn before and must 

 have come in with the sheep manure. 

 It was most abundant In the poorest 



{Centinued en fagt Q26) 





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 Rose-bushes, Carnations. e'C. wiiSnui tojury 

 plants and without odor. U^ed acoordiag to c 

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 ravaces on your crops by insects. 



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 lycadine Seedsmen and Florists have uaed it wM 

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