Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-01-12

law. pest in check is heavy seeding.
At the start the lawn should be given
an extra thick seeding of the lawn
grass, preferably blue grass. Many
lawns are kept in good condition and
free from dandelions by constantly
keeping The ground well supplied
with blue grass seed. A very salts
factory seeding calls for the use Of
to 10 pounds of seed upon 100
by $50 lot once every three months,
April, July and September. Keeping
the lawn thus well supplied with
grass seed, keeps a fine mat of grass
over the area preventing bare spots
wherein dandelion seeds may lodge
and terminate. AS the weed is a
sun loving one, the young plants
cannot Withstand dense growth of
young grass, SO that lawns which
are well supplied with grass seed,
and are regularly mown, give little
chance for it to get foothold. IN
| der this method, old plants must be
uprooted as they are sturdy enough
to hold their own Good success has
been obtained in using large quanti-
ties Of white clover seed upon areas
infested by dandelions. White clover
under ordinary conditions, if the
drainage is good, withstands the eli
mate well and is capable of crowding
out most grasses and weeds. How
ever, under the best conditions it
sometimes dice out on large areas
leaving the lawn spotted and UNI
slightly when the dandelions readily
! take charge. The white clover meth
cd is most approved for roadside
! Improvement. Road supervisors and
street commissioners should after the
streets are properly graded, seed the
roadside and ditchss to white clover.
covering any possible bare spots With
fresh seed each spring.
Fighting the Dandelion by Means
of Chemical Sprays. Fortunately
| late experiments indicate that a new
method Of fighting the dandelion will
| eventually give marked success, in
fact, the man who is sufficiently pa
tient and persistent to make sue
cess in any work which demands con.
slant observation and constant re
doing at the right time, will have
no difficulty in having weed-free
lawn. The dandelion may be eradi
Gated in bluegrass lawns, in parks
4 and meadows and roadsides without
injury to the grass, by means Of
chemical sprays properly applied al
the right time. This does not NEAR
that they will stay out. AS near al
the writer can state, from the worI
i he has done, it will be necessary tt
i spray the lawns in the region Of
Fargo approximately once month
Il to once in six weeks throughout the
year in order to hold the dandelioI
completely in check. During tn,
. present season four times spraying
has completely disposed of heaY.
growth of new dandelions and sen
the dandelions of more than on,
years growth into winter withou
any foliage to supply them food TO
the coming year. This does no
mean that there will be no dande
lions on that lawn the coming yea
! but it does mean that with prope
J, spraying machine and eight hours
labor the lawn has been apaprentl.
freed from dandelions. OF cours
there are millions of wind-blowl
seeds which will yet terminate an.
There are many old roots which hav
not been completely smothered be
cause the process of starvation ha
not been continued sufficiently lone
However the writer san safely voucl