The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1917-05-31
AGRICULTURAL NEWS
ERADIcATINe pANpeLloNs

Prof B. o. Longyear OF the state
agricultural college has made exten-
sive experiments in eradicating dan
delions from lawns. and reports that
the application of small amount OF
gasoline to the cut end OF the roots
left in the soil will prevent their
sprouting. Where there are only a
scattering number OF dandelions in
the lawn. the use of gasoline can be
recommended. as an application is usu
ally sufficient to kill the plant The
easiest way to apply it is by means
of an ordinary oil can. A scant tea
spoon squirted into the crown of
each plant is sufficient to destroy it,
Spraying the lawn with a solution
of iron sulphate and water at the rate
of X lbs of the sulphate to one gal
Ion of water has given good results
at the college experiment station.
The solution should be applied in
the form of fine forcible spray and
should cover every square inch of the
lawn. Enough should be applied so
that every plant is thoroly wet with
the mixture. One gallon of the mix
ture will cover 10x15 foot space.
Three applications are needed at in
tervals of 10 days to two weeks apart,
depending upon the dandelion growth.
The lawn should not be watered for
about iS hours after the spray is ap-
piled. but should have been watered
for few hours the day before the
spray is applied The grass will be
darkened at first but will soon recoy-
er and will have a deeper green thru
out the remainder of the season.
Iron sulphate in 25 ID. lots costs
about &c a pound. Call on your local
druggist for prices
The middle or the latter part of the
summer is the best time to use the
spray. Three applications one season
during June reduced the plants 30 per
cent II was found to be good plan
TO dig the plants early in the season
to prev ent their going to seed. as this
lis the common way in which the dan
deiion is perpetuated on lawns Many
OF these dug plants will sprout out
again but not blossom the same sea-
son. One or two sprayings should
pretty thoroiy destroy these. also the
seedlings which may have started dur
ing the early summer.
In other parts OF the country ex-
pe riments with iron sulphate have
mt been as effective as the Fort Col
pns experiments and certain parts OF
The lawn may not be cleared OF the
ldandelions as well as other parts.
The reason for this cannot be ex-
planned
One objection TO the use of iron sui
phate is that 1t kills out white clover
and that II stains stone walks and
other permanent objects in which II
comes in contact. Care should be
taken therefore. to prevent the spray
from getting on foundations OF build
ings and on sidewalks.
MiLIET.
this summer plant some miilet. II is
possibly the best catch crop" that
can be planted. II natures quickly
and stand can be obtained with ease
aud certainty Adapted to both dry
and irrigated lands especially to the
former. AS a chicken feed it is splen-
did. for hay crop Sudan grass takes
longer TO mature but makes more and
better hay.
The feeding value of foxtail millet
which makes up approximately nine
teuths of all the millet grown In the
u. s., has been found to have value
about the same as timothy.
About 25 lbs. of seed to the acre
sown around the 10th to 18th of June
will make feed and hay on piece of
ground that might otherwise yield
nothing.