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Show o OBSERVATIONS o o o 0 Hy "Our Mnu About Town." 0 00000000000 00000 A newspaper artlclo from Washington Washing-ton 1), C. Bays: Tho Department of Agriculture has for several years boen tosting various poisons to discover dis-cover tho most efllclout means of eradicating era-dicating the troublcsomo dandelion from lawns, and, although others hnvo boon found qulto satisfactory, the common salt Is best for gonoral use becnuso thero positively can no no danger accompanying Us application. Tho best wuy to kill tho Individual plants Ih to cut off their tops ns near tho ground as possible This will leave tho roots protruding through tho ground. About a thimbleful of salt should bo poured directly upou thu roots. This plnn Is probably tho best to U60 If tho lawn Is nrt too thickly dotted, If It Is, somo hurt of spray should bo used, Salt Is Injiir-oub Injiir-oub to Brass, so It should bo used carefully. During tho Inst fow years, so u paper from thnt Btnto says, tho super intendent or parks in urnnu rorits. i l) hns been studying dlfforont methods meth-ods of eradicating tho peat. His conclusions con-clusions nro about tho sumo us have been given lu previous suggestions In this column Where thero nro but fow plants, cut to tops and pour gaso. lino or koroseno onto tho roots ox-posed. ox-posed. Ho differs with tho nbovo sug gestion only in using tho liquids In-H stead of salt. Whero the, plant hnsH already taken poscsslon of tho lnwn.H ho suggests tho uso of sulphnto atM Iron spray, as mentioned Inst week. H Ho advocate a stronger mixture, ll however, advising a pound nnd a hnlf of ho sulphnto to ono gallon of wntor. This, ho snys, should bo nppllcd on n H bright morning when thoro Is little H probability of rain that day. 1 |