The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-04-22

Professor Bolley, on Tuesday OF this
week, gave an address before the CIVIC
league of Moorhead. He was asked TO
| address the league on weeds and meth
ods Of controlling them, particularly IN
towns and villages A large NUMBER OF
women of Moorhead were present ana
were particularly interested in the re-
marks of the speaker, and asked many
D11ring the meeting they took steps
looking toward lettering and oeautlty-
ing the parks, lawns, gardens II inc
streets.
Professor Bolley's talk dealt, first,
J with the nature and origin OF weeds,
| Dutting much emphasis on the point
| that the particular plants which are
now causing most trouble have peen
| educated and cultivated and SNAPPED 70
cause hat trouble by man himself
The speaker said: >
1--WE have brought these weeds n
plants along with us into TINS new
country. The native plants winch had
learned to live here before man came
could not live in such manner as TO
| cause him trouble under cultivation
methods. but the ones he brought with
| him had, az It were, become wise n
capable of much interference in his
The address dealt with the following
topics: PLANT Survivals in Nature;'
"What is a Weed, and Why is 1t a
Weed?" ut Is necessary to know them
and how best to do this"
Here the speaker emphasized the
importance of making simple observa-
lions upon the life and growth habits
NJ the common plants which cause
trouble, as weeds, and Of the kinds OF
plants which can compete with them
1,nder our conditions and make suit
| able conditions for serving purposes
of usefulness and identifying work In
| our cities. Modes Of weed introductlon
were considered. and particularly the
methods by which weeds become dis
tributed after they once nave q 1oot-
hold in waste places.
He also discussed the Pure SEED
movement in the different states n
| the possibilities Of procuring aid from
| the Pure Seed Laboratories OF Mime
| sofa and North Dakota and possible
modes Of getting better truck
upon weeds and ommon cropping
plants introduced into the village
schools.
of Improvement IN SAtleS ano Va"
lagos" he said:
SCivic carelessnes or sloth and COM
mon greed and the natural desire to
GET along in a new country mas Kept
MANY people from looking as carefully
TO the care of the back yard, boulevard
and street bitches as n can naturally
eypect they will do as the country pc
comes older and the towns n people
In them are possessed OF more means
for such work. The cities are OF course
particularly interested in lawns. parks
and boulevards. There are certain
phases of weed control upon which
thew should particularly center their
attention. They are also particularly
interested in the welfare Of the farm
lands adjacent to the city, and there
fore should see to it that the city take
care of those pests which are mos
likely to spread to the farm LANDS.
MANY Of the worst pests which are
grown upon the land spread from the
home garden in the towns. Some very
innocent old garden plants, such as the
| fo~nr-o,cIock, morning glory, toad-fiaS
or butter and eggs, chicory, breen
1 weed. pepper grass, buFc<G@
noarn,,s others have been carried from
/ city to city and from country to coun-
try either as weeds or plants OF sup"
posed merit.
TO illustrate the matter. burdock was
undoubtedly brought into this region
and given q good start at TWO points
of the state of North Dakota Decaus
certain citizens thought that the roots
OF this plant possessed valuable me-
icinal properties. People work hard in
preparing q seed bed for a lawn. then
20 to q seed house or store and buy q
| cheap mixture of chaff and noxiots
weeds with a small percentage OF blue
grass or white clover in it, and SOW 1t
on their yards at once. making IL al
most impossible to have o blue grass
Lawn af3the same time starting all the
weed pests that could ever grow In
grass lawns in the particular region an
which they sow their land.
AS in this region, about the only
IyaIuabIe grass which exists for lawns
lie blue grass, IL would be cheaper and