Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-04-15

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,lT, SEED SANITATION
plot. In the case OF the chicken,
yard, 1t must be remembered that II
you buy screenings and scatter them
c~arelessly In the back yard for feed
ing purposes. you are probably doing
more weed distribution than you can
do good by discussing the question
Of How to Destroy Weeds In the
local club. All such feed, when made
}of cleanings or screenings, should be
kstemmed or scalded before being dis.
|tributed to hog yards or chicken vars.
In Q number of countries, including
Canada. the government co1npels ali
feed mills and elevators to steAm ale
such screenings before such seeds are
placed upon the market as feed.
Weeds and Health: A weedy town
is not likely to be a healthful town.
Weeds are much like whispers, not
particularly useful or beautiful ana
often quite unsanitary. An ordinar.
lily we'll kept, clean crop is changed
often enough on the ground and cared
for In such a manner that the soil
and the crop itself may not be looked
upon as great sources of disease dis
tributi0n. On the other hand, a weeo
patch. because of the fact that it il
a weed patch, a always be looked
upon as q menace to health, especial
ly to the children of the neighbor-
hood. The weeds are big and ranx
and of different grades of coarseness.
They represent the resting places or
doges, cats and all sorts of filth which
get dropped or thrown into such UNI
slightly or waste places. Such weed
patches have no particular care from
years end to years end. They form
places of refuge " harbor for flies,
mosquitoes, hobos, mangey dogs, cats
and rats. The undrained areas in
which such weeds grow may always
be looked upon as prOpagating grounds
for certain types of disease produc-
ing organisms. Dogs, eats and other
domestic animals chase through such
places and, becoming covered with
the dust and accumulated dirt, they
carry 1t directly to the house wher.
children and the people live. The
children themselves wade through
these high, rank growths, or dry,
dusty stalks, and breathe in the &C.
cnmnlated dirt and dust that rattles
off. It. we must have innumerable
dogs and cats to play with the chii-
dren, let's at least have clean mats
of grass rather than puddle holes and
weed patches for the furry creatures
to run about in. Let MS not scold the
farmer too much about shiftlessness
and weeds. Let's help him learn the
beauties, healthfulness an dthrif,
which should go with clean, grassy
swards and well cropped gardens.
Let's have the cities and towns set
the example of the place beautiful and
healthful.
What to Do For Weed Control in
the Towns: l. Create a public sen.
timent for q neat clean back yard and
garden If one Is present. Also. see
to 1t that the city dump does not DO.
come a weed and pest breeding nuis-
ance to the surrounding lands. 2.
Cultivate a sentiment and purpose TO
have properly drained streets or curb.
ed streets in unpaved districts, so
that the boulevard can be property
leveled and seeded to blue grass and
planted with proper shade trees and
shrnbbery. 3, Have all vacant lots
cleaned up and in so far as possible
leveled sufficiently to be moved. Sow
on plenty of blue grass. The second
or third year after the blue. grass Is
sowed, the weeds will disappear.
4. With the boulevard will naturally
come the stone walk, laid down ap-
proximately level with the grass,
making it easy to take care of such
areas. With the curbing comes the
clean gutter and proper drainage and
protection for the man who tried to
protect his front yard. II the curbing
cannot be had, insist that the streets
be properly graded. Also insist that
contractors who dig up the bitches
and plug up the surface drainage
maintain the form of bitches and
clean up after the sewers, etc, are
laid: Do not let them undo your
work. The cities servants should be
your servants. After the roads, espe-
cially the country roads, are proper.
ly graded, seed down the ditch anG
roadsides to blue grass. 5. Keep the
roadsides and waste places moved be-
fore The weeds go to seed. In some
cities the officers are in the habit OF
cutting off the tops of d%andelions, rag
weed, and roadside weeds after the
seed Is formed. The obvious pur.
pose apparently being to prevent PEG,
pie from being sandbagged late in the
fall. If the city is to be taxed to
destroy weeds, the cutting should be
done before poisoning time, early
enough in %the.season to give the grass
a chance to see the sunlight and 0c-
cupy the land.
A good many cities, railroad com.
panies and park commissioners have