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VAUGHN TELLS HOW
T0ERADIcATE weeds
CBy Associated Pressl

Lexington, hy', May Ol.-Olle
hundred and twenty-five varieties
o tweed seed would be found by
a careful examination OF field
seed sold in Kentucky during a
year, according to Proft Vaughn,
of the botany department of the
Kentucky Agricultural Expert
men Station. Of these, he says,
sour dock might we'll be called
the worst, with rib grass, yellow
dock, plantain, chickenweed, pep
pergrass, cheat. witch grass, dod-
der and Canada thistle joining to
make up the ten varieties fonud
most frequently. Sour dock is
some times called sheep sorrel or
red sorrel.
Poi. Vaughn's' statement re
garding weeds was made i'll reply
to question Put to him by a
newspaper man who had noted
the rankness of weeds in fields
which had been plowed and allow
ed to stand for several months.
When ploWed most Of the fields
showed no sign of weeds, but in
few months was covered with
them. Many, he said, are peren-
mails and fragments Of root re-
naming in the soil result in a
growth as soon as the weather
and proper season comes around.
The varieties of weeds that
were found by Prof. Vaughn in
a series Of miscellaneous samples
examined at the station follow:
Sour dock, buckhorn. curled
dock, sedge, plantain, witch grass,
chick weed, pepper grass, catch
fly, shepherds purse, cheat,
cinquefoil, slender rush, green fox
tail, speedwell, lambs quarters,
yarrow, trefoil, pigeon grass.
black-eyed susan, dodder, pig
weed, paspalum, wild mustard,
wild carrot, smart weed. may
weed, crab grass, bracted plan
tain, heal ali, ragWeed, chicory.
spurge, barnyard grass, -vervain,
russian thistle, butter cup, dande-
lion, bitter dock, evening prim-
rose, corn camomile, nigftshade,
hare's ear, panicum, cranesbill,
hwitetop, morninglory, canada
thistle, three seeded mercury,
kidney veach, corn cookie, bird
foot trefoil, nettle, oxalic, annual
sweet clover, spiny sida. or
tongue, hedge mustard, madden,
canary grass, mallow, bull thistle,
catnip, wild buckwheat, mint,
sunfoWer, Johnson grass, mama
grass, moth mullen, lady's thumb,
horse nettle, button weed, beak
grass, knot weed, penny cress,
Pennsylvania persicaria, wild let
tuce, hemlock, false fax, Russian
| pigWeed, star thistle, sand rocket.
cress, centurea, sulla, marsh elder,
atesel, uack grass, wild onion, ak
seed, goats rue, pimpernel, gum
plant, tunbling mustard. small
crab grass, corn cromwell, pen
nyroyal, dragon head, burdock.
apple of Peru, hoarhound, black
bindweed, coronella, jinpson
weed and wild oats.
Speaking of the characteristics
of the most common weeds and
how to get rid of them, Prof
Vaughn said:
"Sour dock might we'll be called
the worst weed. 1t is a perennial
and is abundantly propagated by
its running rootstocks as we'll as
by seeds 1t thriVes on slightly
sandy, acid soils and often will
crowd out useful crops. The best
way of controlling it seems to be
by lining, fertilizing or manuring
the land so that field crops will
grow with sufficient vigor to
smother the sour dock. The seeds
are found most frequently in
clovers.
crib grass, a perennial, also
thrives on light sandy soils. The
seeds are found mostly in clovers
and alfalfa. When only a few
plants occur i'll a field they may,
be removed by hand digging, but
when "a considerable quantity of
plants is found it is best to pillow
and cultivate until they are de-
stroyed. The thickened rootstocks
Of this weed must thoroughly bel
removed in all efforts of diggingI
and cultivation.
yellow dock is a perennial and
is bad pest about yards and farm
outbuildings. The seeds are COM
mon in clover and alfalfa seeds i
the plants harbor both the melont
louise and the corn root louise. |
Yearly pulling and deep grubbing
are required to destroy them and
this must be done before the seed