The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1873-06-13
| ssIT CAROLINA, JUNE Is, 1878.
HOW TO ExTERMINATE RUT GRASS.

.l;s.How TO ExTERMINATE RUT GRASS.
fnIrcR SouTHEES CuLTIvAToR.-Iu
Serr May number see the inquiry from a
correspondent at Edgefald, S. c. show to
extnrmiaato unt grass 2" and you express a
wish that it amy of your readers know of a
method by which it eau be accomplished
iJt Iaayb be communicated will not say posi-.
IVY that j have succeeded in extermina-
Hnsi this pest, having tried the plan l am
iboot TO give you one year only, but my
suteess SO far is SO encouraging, that win
hyit before you for what it may be worth.
10 the month Of January flush up the
.lNa' and rake il over with long toothed
rtas Throw the grass where it will dry,
md then burn it. Prepare the ground for
an Irish potato crop, planting in rows about
tao and n half feet apart. Work the po-
= ~ ~ ususi, and dig them as seon as the
d'tsrs are large enough. Now prepare the
iad by ploughing for crop of sweet po-
tseNs; throwing up good sized ridges. Now
cons the peculiar process, of which every
tkaaherctofore is preparatory. The nut
gfssSeill continue to spring up in the val
| leg bStwoen the ridges. Have the grass on
tie crowns of the ridges pulled out by
had. The ridges are SO perfectly pulver-
izss, u the land is not very heavy in its
clmster, that the grass roots will easily
+ ,o.c with the stem and blades, Pull
upfbe grass half way down the sides of the
RIGGS, Then as to the valleys, run sweep
| uTaed down these every three or four days
aJ shave the grass on each side of the
rih; near the bottom. Continue this until
yo9 vines get too long to admit of further
cu,ura t6 the land The next spring re-
! pea the process, planting an Irish potato
croS as before, and following with crop of
swet potatoes.
rhj.po tried this plan one year, aud have
hGr surprised at the havoc made with the
uttplss. / have rich garden, which
ulA Row has been completely taken with
ltaisp.S,t For twenty years have been
trying to find out how to destroy it, and
have never had any success until tried the
abovs ,oISn. There is now, after o trial of
one season, very little of it left. think
li.e paIlaaophy of it is, that the succession
of crops, keeping the ground stirred early
aua lsto gives the grass no chance TO grow
3,, ysfroduce itself Besides this, the
tiuos'Aa9 Of the soil in high soft ridges, af.
tords paaliar facilities for exterminating
sne- grass, ny pulling it up root and all
}heie IS lcs' stopping TO reach it on account
OF tho rldS& wi,ioh also facilitates the
work Be q nfui throughout, to have the
work well done and if you do not on any
light s'i' tssbdun IL shall acknowledge
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"A are That my plan would work In q !
ia, a ttorg uhnncr. %
]Nilr conclude by inqniring how can
bea,cyass be exterminated I have ten |
aereef lid field completely taken with il. |
I irss kept Il from going TO seed six years,
but ppsrendy with no good result r. X. |
BS ! Me soutttrn Cplcator s@
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cHAr z IEtEED wERAT--THR RLUE STEM
T. .skfttasAlur Ne,os aud .A9pertiseY, Of |
NIilioS. Lh5sase, states that Thomas B. |
Coas Gtsf sssing Mills, Kent county, !
w;isS sysG as one Of the most Intelligent
a.,rica,lts sS Of that State, and as having
done MI elevate and advance the in
terests 9Stsh he is 80 devoted, hae ex-
lpryi,BsilsN lwheat culture. and has been
lea to t'tisychata frequent change in seed
wheat h sscsary IN order to keep 10 a |
| high atlar.if yield and quality, and he
has rocsst!y teen much pains to ascertain !
theloss sesor present variety of "blue |
steG. III Dtcenoer last he opened cor
respondsnoc wit, the Agricultural Depart
mer,t at Yashagton. The commissioner
prompt rs,aia to Mr.. CTS letter Of inquiry,
giving "a tss iformation he could upon the |
subject elf,said that the nativity of the
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