Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 February 1892 — How to Kill Trees. [ARTICLE]

How to Kill Trees.

Answering an inquiry as to In, -roes may be killed, one corresponden' recommends muriatic acid, saying thai It was used by a telegraph company to kill trees that were in the way of their linoft. Another reader recommend* boring a hole at the base of the tree and filling with crude kerosene. Some leaves must be tacked over the hol6 to keep out the rain. This he asserts will kill tree and roots so that there will be no sprouting. Another repliee Usm: “Eore small holes and apply* 4&w drops of pure carbolic acid."