Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1915-12-30
.QUACk GRASS HELD
WORST WEED PEST
PLANT INVESTS MANY FARMS IN
MiNNEsoTA-"U" BULLETIN
CONTAINS WARNING.
STATE CAPITOL HAPPENINGS
Events OF General Interest in Mime
sofa Condensed and Revised for
The Greater Convenience
at Busy Readers.
st. Paul.


Quaek Grass 10 Worst Pest.
Quack grass. declared Minnesota's
most serious weed pest, IL the subject
of bulletin just issued by the uni
versity's agricultural experiment sta
ton in which the menace OF quack
grass and methods of eradication are
considered. ..
This weed Is said to be more or
less serious pest throughout the
Northwest. In Southern and Central
Minnesota" the bulletin states, "quack
grass has established itself so thor
ougnly that In some instances farms
have been abandoned to it. In North
ern Minnesota 1t is already so widely
distributed that time only is needed
to make the occupation of waste
places and poorly cultivated fields COM
plete. The heavy black soil of the
Red River valley is ideal for the
growth of qnack grass. and the all
grain systems of farming, still too
prevalent there, make prevention OF
spread difficult and eradication almost
impossible after the weed is once we'll
established. Every effort should be
made to prevent its spread in the
state and to keep it out or uninfes.-
ed territory. In order to do this 1t Is
necessary tc know both the plant
and it's seed. for upon such knowl
edge methods of eradication ars
based.
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To Prevent School Fires.
Prompted by the number of fires In
schoolhouses In Minnesota in the last
two years. Robert w. Hargardine,
state fire marshal, has issued In PAM
phlet form an exhaustive set OF rules
for fire prevention and for fire drills
"for the guidance of school boards,
principals and teachers" For fire
prevention he suggests adequate
means of signaling, fireprooi stair
ways, plenty OF easy exists opening
outward, fireproof boilerrooms in de-
tached buildings wherever possible.
extreme care in the storage of sup
plies, secured seats in auditoriunls,
fireproof fuel rooms, chutes ami
shafts There are so suggestions I'M
der this heading.
In the matter of fire signals, drills
there should be drill at least every
two weeks under varying conditions
to meet possible emergencies. .Tani.
tors and attendants, he says, should
be assigned specific duties, ard cards
of instruction should be posted for
employees, teachers and pupils.
Loss Of lie in crowded buildings, -
says the fire marshal, almost invari.
ably comes from lack of control. Run.
| ming, especially on the stairs, IN.
| creases' liability to falls and to I'm.
| pairments Of teachers command OF
the class.
Special provisions should be made,
the marshal says, for inspection oi
each floor to see that no persons are
left in the building and to care for
children physically incapacitated. II
| is urged that no inflammable scrap
be allowed to accumulate.
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Explains Rise in Death Rate.
Gradual rise i'm the death rate I'm
Minnesota the last three years, as
| reported by the census bureau, is at
| tributable to the fact that the popuia
| ton of the state is becoming more
| stable, less affected by influx of young
| persons from other states and coun
| tries, according to DR.. H. M. Bracken
secretary of the State Board oil
| Health.
The Federal report shows that the
death rate in Minnesota for 1914 was
1915 to every 1000 Of population, a.
compared with 10.A in 1913 and 9.5 In
1912. The rate in Minneapolis shows
like rise in the period, having beer
II in 1914, as against 116 in 1913 and
l0.4 I'm 1912.