Show government will test teat value of paper mulch government plant experts are engaged in a thorough test of the paper mulch which has been used experimentally in with a considerable sid erable degree of success the paper mulch was wag first suggested by a Ha hawaiian wallan pineapple grower who covered the ground with an impregnated paper vo per which permitted the shoots to bild their uny through but entirely suppressed the weeds that usually gre grear between the plants and which sapped the ground of its vitality in this instance it was wad a great successes success sas as well as aa on some small truck patches where the experiment has been tried in different parts of the country the government experts however will not make an official report on the subject until they have nave tried it out thoroughly aind nd have conducted experiments with the different kinds of paper which have been offered its as suitable |