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Show I GAS. ONCE WEAPON, NOW KILLS WEEDS Back during the World war, tear gas was one of the weapons of military offense. Many a crucial objective was gained while its defenders de-fenders were weeping, helplessly. But next year, perhaps, tear gas will find a new use and one far removed from violence. It will help produce weed-free putting greens for the nation's golfers! J. A. OeFrance, ot the Rhode , Island experiment station, traces the use of tear gas to kill weeds back to the shell-battered No Man's Land of France. In the present practice the soil destined tor the green is placed in a large box and several holes drilled in the earth. Down each hole are poured a few drops of liquid tear gas, a canvas cover applied and left tor two days. |