Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 39, Number 162, 19 May 1914 — Page 20

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THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM. TUESDAY, MAY iy, ivu

KILL DANDELIONS W PIjjCyf SALT Federal Expert Says Cut Off Their Tops and Use Thimblefull of Salt.

WASHINGTON, D. C, May 19. The best way to kill individual dandelion plants is to cut off their top3 and put a pinch of salt (about a thimbleful) on the surface of each exposed root. This will kill most of them. As salt if generally applied ruins soil, the salt should be used sparingly and applied only to the root-tops of the dandelion. The U. S. Department of Agriculture has for some time been testing various poisons to discover the most efficient means of eradicating this troublesome weed from lawns, but although others have been found satisfactory, the common salt is best for general use as there is no danger accompanying its application. The Department's specialists say that much effort is wasted in merely cutting off the dandelion top without applying some poison to the root that remains. The dendelion has a tap root that grows deep into the soil and cutting off the plant merely encourages the dandelion to come up in a thicker growth. Remove Dandelion Now. The time to eradicate dandelions Is in the spring before the plant has had time to form seed. The seed spreads rapidly, blown by the wind. The blos6oms should be close mown before they have gone to seed and salt should then be applied to each root. A man may be very diligent in caring for his own lawn and yet have seeds blown in from neighboring lawns. This is of such importance to those desiring fine lawns, that it might be made a matter for community action. If the lawn is very full of this weed it is too tedious a process to treat each plant by the salt process. In this case two possible methods of eradica

tion may be recommended. The first ; method is to thicken the stand of grass to tend to crowd out the dande- j lion. The grass should be put into a j vigorous condition by top dressing I with well-rotted manure or fertilizer j

in the fall, and by reseeding in thin places. The second method, advised in extreme instances, is to start all over again. Plow up the lawn first (or spade it up if the area is small.) A

generous amount of well-rotted manure should then be worked into the soil, but not fresh manure for that is full of weed Beeds ready to germinate. In case manure is not available, commercial fertilizers may be used. Many lawn soils are In need of lime and it is often a wise plan to use it, especially if white clover is to be sown. After plowing, the land should be harrowed or raked frequently to reduce it to a good seed bed condition. This will encourage the early germination of weed seeds with the subsequent extermination of the seedling. Thorough cultivation at this period will destroy the dandelion plants, both those that come from roots and seeds.

After following either of the two plans sketched here, the lawn should be maintained in good condition by careful mowing, rolling and watering. Spraying with iron sulphate solution to kill dandelions without killing the grass is not recommended by the department although it has been tried by some who consider it successful. Experiments do not seem to establish it as a practical method.

NO FEAR OF POLICE. CHICAGO, May 19. In plain view of hundreds of pedestrians, robbers carried a 1,000 pound safe from a window in a loop restaurant to the basement, where it was bdown open and $870 in currency obtained.

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