The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1916-07-27
TIPS FOR HAY FEVER TIME
Cut the Weeds or Run the Risk
of Suffering.

Persons susceptible to hay
fever should avoid renting or
buying property in neighbor-
hood with neglected grass and
weeds. This practice would
probably be of effective assist.
snce in correcting such neglect.
From the report of the
American Hay Fever Proven
ton Association.
The prevention of hay fever
is fundamentally IA simple
proposition. 1t means the
simple enactment and enforce
ment of an Ordinance to cut
grass and weeds The efficacy
of this has been shown in New
Orleans, la, Asheville, N. c.,
and a number Of other cities
where hay fever is on the dis
appearing list Another year
should see similar effects in the
majority OF towns and cities.
From the report of the
American Hay Fever Proven
tinn Association.
The days of horror for hay fever
patients approach. Daily the fur
mace like sun is bringing weeds and
pollen bearing matter to fruitiun,
closer each day TO the time when
the dreaded masma shall drive
human beings of tender throat and
nostrils TO the forests, the noun
tains and the seashore, anywhere
away from the scourge. But some
people can go and now yearly at
this time. the American Hay Fever
Prevention Association publishes
its bulletin on the subject. The
report follows in part:
All cases of hay fever are due to
the Inhalation of pollen, the ma
jority of these being due to useless
weeds. The cases that develop
before August are caused chiefly
by the pollen of neglected grasses
and Of spring and summer bloom
ing weeds.
The principal causes of hay fever
cases developing in the fall are the
various forms of rag weeds, whose
capacity for distributing pollen is
measured by the hundred millions
The most common forms of this
weed are the common rag weed
found in the greater part of the
United States east of Kansas, the
giant rag weed growing in moiss
areas of this section. and the West
ern rag weed principally found
west OF Kansas.
While the rag weeds are the
chief causes of fall hay fever, ther,
are other weeds, such as the marsh
elder. etc, which flower at that
season so that all weeds should be
treated alike to insure safety
against hay fever.
In order to avoid hay fever
persons susce ptib e to it should see
that the mt ighborhood of their res
idence is free of tall grasses and
weeds, and especially of the rag
weeds. The three squares in each
direction should be inspected. and
If weeds are found, the owner
,hould be urged to have them cut
At once. Where this is refused
these cases, in the interest OF gen.
eral sanitation, should be reported
to the health authorities for vic.
lating the grass weed ordinance
In cases in which the above can
not be carried out, it is sometimes
preferable to have the weeds in the
immediate neighborhood cut at
ones own expense than suffer the
torture of a prolonged attack of hay
fever from this neglect. 1t must
be remembered, however, that pol
len scatters rapidly when borne by
the wind, and single lot full OF
weeds in the same square may be
more irritating than an acre at a
distance of several squares.
When the neighborhood can,
not be cleared of hay fever weeds
the next consideration is a tenn
porary change of residence. The