Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-05-31


Is there any way to prevent Bermuda
grass from spreading where il i not
wantedi Can it be entirely destroyed
where orce fairly established, Ny and i
a light sandy lOam and we have less rain
fail here than there i in your part Of thu
State-wOuld This make il easier for Is 90
control Bermuda grass Where can rootS
or cuttings Of Bermuda grass be obtained.
Do you think alfalfa could De made 20
succeed well here. STERLING EorF
Newlin Tex
True Bermuda grass OCYnoCCI 0actylCnl,
IS not rapid spreadey for the reason that
II natures no seeds, but 1t spreads. never
theless, and its spread : thing hard 20
prevent where conditions are favorable Toy
it. \ wash over lands from lands where
it has j foothold spreads II more rapidly
than anything else. hence l. should never
be set on lands with i wash towards lower
lands where ! IS nos wanted. The light
roots Will sometimes be carried atcns Il
wash a quarter Of 4 mile from the Bermuda
grass field and the grass located IN other
fields.
The only means Yet known OF entirely
eradicatiug Bermuda grass Is 10 shade IL
out II is a plant Of sunshine, and hence
cannot long live in shade. Some l-iad Of
heavy shading crop as felG peas, Duck.
wheat aud the Ike, viii rapidly wipe il
ont. but we know Of no other practice.
method Of destroying i. One often hears
Of grasses that viii root out Bermuda. 60
but when you put them to the test You viii
be very apr to ina tie Bermuda The las
J L.. f., !
and light rainfall would not be enough il
Your favor to Justify sitting Bermuda grass
# You desire 10 soou get entirely rid If H.
AT present We can point you to nc one pre-
pared to supply the SETS.
We can see 10 good reason Tor why
alfalfa, properly handled, should not prove
a success III Your locality Your sandy
loans. if deep and we'll drained would
seem to be entirely favorable for the crop.
"SLUGS OF SCIENCE"
I must say 70 you that like the agri-
cultural department of THE GAZETTE
When you first took charge, about one wear
ago l had my miSgivin@s, for | understood
that YOU We're expecting to give IL '-siugs
of science''-that's what Fort Worth gen
ment. As yet | have seen none of those
"slugs' rs ! expected TO see them. If plain
facts set forth III plain words are '.slugS of
science, " ther the more we have of them on
Your plan the better. l have always thought
that there was such Il thing as too much
science nowadays, but as Vet / have not
found THE GAZETTE fixing up any such diet
for Us. TRINITY.
Tarrart county, Tex.
'NDara bo
much science. but there Is certainly too
much foolishness engaging the attention of
certain cranks on the plea Of scientific in
vestigation. Science is simply truth or
pure knowledge, according to Webster. We
may. therefore, work up the science of very
unimportant things, but since there are so
many very important things deserving of
scientific investigation it strikes US that
the person looking after the science of
things which, when worked out. can be
turned TO no kind of human advantage is
engaged in comparatively improbable
business. Such work always makes US
think of the scientific crank up in Iowa
who decided to give to the world a detailed
account Of how wasp stings. He got a
wasp in u quinine bottle and then poked in
his finger. The wasp backed up to business
without any unnecessary ceremony. IntI
next instant that scientist was 50 absorSd
in the thought of remedies for the sting aSs
wasp that he entirely forgot to make
notes of how the singing operations were
performed, but his wife, who was present
to see the show, has left it to record that a
careful scientific test, made under her OBJ
servations, has clearly established the fact
that the immediate result of wasp sting is
a com bination of bIasphemy and hartshorn.