Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1923-09-20
Plan Eradication
of Wild Onion Crop
Practice of Fall Flowing
Followed by Intertilled
Crop Most Effective.

Prepared blythe Emitted States Department
OF Agricultural
Numerous reports received from
farmers who have employed the meth
DDS of controlling and graduating this
wild onion. OF garlic. suggested by
he United States Department OF Ag-
r%iculture. state without an exception
that where late fall blowing has been
-practiced followed BY an tnteFtilled
crop the next spring. the onion has
Deen destroyed.
one farmer in Ohio reports that he
has had good results In destroying the
onion by thoroughly disking the land
in the fall to destroy all the top
growth of the onions and In the follow
ing spring giving the land thorough
preparation and planting TO some in
terrified crop. such as corn. A yir.
GINA farmer has had success In eradi-
eating the onions by plQwing the In.
Tested land deep late in the fall and
seeding 10 wheat. The following sum.
mer Immediately after the wheat Is
harvested. he again plows the land.
this time shallow and seeds by soy
beans. With the two years Of such
treatment he has succeeded in de
stroying all the onions.
Start Work In Fail.
To kill the wild onion. says the de-
partment. the work must be started
in the fall. The object Of this work
is to destroy the plants, which grow
from soft-shelled bulbs. before they
have advanced far enough for new
bulbs to form In the ground beside the
old bulbs. The best time Is when the
plants are about II TO 10 inches high.
This is during October and November
in the South. and during November
and December. In the North. When
the plant at this stage Is entirely
turned under by deep blowing, II Is
II this blowing were put off
spring, however. these plants
would have formed new bulbs, which
would be able to grow even though
the parent plants we're destroyed. II
Is highly Important that the tops be
buried by The blowing:
otherwise many OF them would keep
On growing. A pillow with a jointer
attached to the BENIN witt often be a
great help In turning under the tops.
dlsking the land previous to
will also aid liz accomplish
ng this result.
The following spring the field should
De planted to an lntertilied crop. Corn.
preferably planted In checkrows. is
pest. From the time the farmer Is
,ble TO get on the land In the spring
Until the corn is laid by. his efforts
,hould be directed toward preventing
he onion from making top growth.
This spring or early summer work Is
kill the plants which have come
p from the bard-shelled bulbs which
iyed through the winter. Some OF
hese bulbs. however. may not start
rowth for a year or two. so II Is nee
ssary to continue giving careful cul-
fo- n year or two.
Cleaning Up Pasture.
Er%adicatlng the onion from pastures
: the plants are not too numerous.
,ay be done by digging up each plant
nd destroying. Sheep eat the tops
( the onion. and grazing for a few
ears often gives the desired results.
he application Of poison 10 each
lani, where II is practicable TO do
D., will destroy them. Coal-tar cre0-
Dte oil applied 10 each plant at the
ite Of about -four thlniblefuls Is efrec-
We In killing both the plant and the
ngermlnated bulbs. :
Since the sowing Of seed grain in
with the onion bulblets. which
re about the size Of the wheat grain,
one OF the principal ways by which
lie weed is spread. II follows that
seed should be used as a pre- :
sntive measure. .