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Show Spread of Bindweed Can Be Controlled Most of New Patches of Pest Are Started From Seed. Control of bindweed by prevention of Its spread is the next best thing to complete eradication for checking the ravages of this weed pest. "Since the killing of bindweed with sodium chlorate as a spray should be practiced only under the supervision of the county agent or some leader who has received special training In handling han-dling the chemical. It Is advisable to handle bindweed patches by preventing prevent-ing spread," suggests E. H. Teagarden, bindweed specialist, extension service, Kansas State Agricultural college. "It is possible that more new patches of bindweed start from seed than from all other sources. For this reason, every ev-ery effort should be expended to prevent pre-vent the bindweed plants from producing produc-ing ieed." Plowing of bindweed patches at. the time the first blooms appear Is recommended recom-mended by the specialist. Subsequent surface cultivations may be made at any time after growth Is resumed. When the plants start to bloom, plow again and prevent the plants from producing seed. Teagarden cautions farmers having trouble with bindweed against the long life of the seed. It may live in the soil eight or ten years or even more before growth; starts." For this reason any seed prevented from forming will lessen , the eradication problem to a great extent ; . , |