The chronicle=news., 1914-06-18


waahisstoe. d. C.. june ix.-ro
eradicate vegetation fvoa dirt t-s.
ais soasts troubled With persistent
gro~ths uf EraA os weeds. oil or sali
ar~ the most satisfactory hssmi~ss
products. Sidewalk esssiees. sssasa
Saiha. gravel Susds sad Fsiisnsd
"siIhis of way. where people pass
frrqs~aiiy may siso h- treated with
ih~sr s~ssrdi~a. ATS~siir al soda 10
slsD 10 ~ srrunas~sd~si " II u us~d
carefully. ~ Il " polsosoas both to
m~s sad live stock. ustii . saia ~
sisiskiiss ~sshrs sws, tho aps,,i-
essina IL nsixhi ests~ iros,Li~. si.
thoash Il woaid have TO be iak~s
iasssssiiy Ia Do 10. Hpcrisi eoadi.
sioas acrid~ vhich NJ lhcs- ihs~v
eabssaaer~ b musa desirable.
Fuel oil. wh~s u can b. ohsaia~d
ehsatly. y hishiy satisfactory saa
eeosomiesi Tor kiiiias sesrsstioa. u
should L~ applied nj the rate u from
leo 10 $50 saiious prs aer~. IN .
tsaais cuars o. other smsii srsa
kesussac. aiihoaGh more ~ap~nsis~.
may ~ assd satisfactorily ~ the To-
ssl sooaat srs<lca viii b. snsll. TIE
psteossa0 prossssrts arr particular,
effective o. sr.a ssd other v~sVss-
tios pusnsaniss narrow leaves.
TIE nuss eeosoairai aud effective
"a, 10 sse the OIL h TO make . ausa.
her II comparatively light apIaiea.
,toas. Oac heavy application nav
affect the roots - veil - the io..s
o; the plants. but the several lishs
appiiessioas kiii the foliage each
time snd svesiusiiy the roots dc.
A spsayiss oasfis NAY b. asrd to
appl, The oil. rssro,iam products
are very hard o. the rubber. parts
u speayiag outfits. bat ceosoay of
aVvlieaiioas demands their us~. On
small ara like tcaais coass. how.
cser. the oil or ksrm~ae may hc az.
Piled through . spriakiias can.
commoa salt 10 mol 70 effective ~
oil on graa and narrow -icafcd vce~.
tsiioa. hut 10 boiler than asscnite Of
soda. whea the vegetation 70 very
rank. salt Will bc found very dcsir.
able aud should bc us~d ai tho rate
ot fro@ two 10 thrcc tons pr acr,.
depending upon the rankncss Of the
growth. The salt should be fine
grained. free from Jumps. and should
be scattered very uniformiy. To ~.
cure the best results. Il should be
made inio . saturated solution. one
round bclns mixed with . quart and
= half Of water. The salt briac
should hc applied by means II .
sprinki,nG can. or sprinkler which
applies II faster than . spraying
outfit. 4
Vegetation with broad leaves
secms especially susceptible To ar
semitic Of soia. The commercial
grade may bc obiaiaed as about IS
cents . pound from aomc Of the
Wholesale chemists. n large areas
are 10 bc treated. II can he made
morr chcapiy by boiling one I'ound
Of white arsenic and two pounds Of
sal soia In . gallon Of water until .
stock solutions Ia formed. Twenty
pounds OF the commercial nrsenitc Of
soda or ~ pounds OF the white ar
scnic In the above formula. either
onc diluted to make 100 gallons Of
solution. II sufficient TO kill most Of
the foliage on one acre. Naturally
great care should he exercised IN
mixing and handling these prepara-
items not TO get them on the hnnis
or near the face. N this might re.
suit In their being taken Internally.
II used In accordance with this pre-
caution. this poison should not cause
injury to any one. although children
should bc kept off the area treated
Immediately after the application.