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Show Weedless Roadsides Can Be Achieved by Farmers The magic of a practically weedless roadside can be achieved on most farms by the simple process of mowing mow-ing during early June and again during dur-ing early August. Under this treatment treat-ment the weeds are gradually replaced re-placed by bluegrass, which grows naturally nat-urally in ' every county in Indiana, according to A. A. Hansen of Turdue university. By mowing twice instead of once every season few weeds go to seed, and without seed they cannot compete com-pete with bluegrass. Ordinarily three years of June and August mowing mow-ing is sufficient to change a roadside weed patch into clean bluegrass sod, thereby not only improving the appearance ap-pearance of the farm but in addition cutting down losses due to plant dis- I ease and insects harbored in the weeds. The seeds of many roadside weeds are also carried into neighboring neighbor-ing fields by the wind and in mud that adheres to shoos, wagon wheels and other moving objects. i |