| Show Urges Planting of or Weeds to Cover Dust Storm Area of or West PLANT LAS weeds I This seemingly seemingly seem- seem heretical suggestion i is s offered by Prof Paul n Bl 13 Sears botanist of the University of Oklahoma as ns possible answer to the challenge of plow plow plo ripped scourged drouth-scourged wind-drifted wind lands in the West Plant weeds says laIa Professor Sears and he points out why It Is la vital that some lome cover er no matter what be developed here without delay Nature has haa furnished a hint Throughout this region after af at ter the drouth was well begun the despised Russian thistle did so 10 well that It was wal often otten the only plant available for stock feed Instead of seeding the area with costly grass grasl seed whose success Is a gamble It It might be sensible to mix in a good proportion of weed seeds It If the land Is III abandoned weeds will be the first cover Cater any how and as we have hate seen they area are art area a transient affair at best lest preparing preparing ing the way for tor the better kinds of plants Lest we should think Professor Sears Sears' proposal too daring he hastens has bas tens to otter offer a precedent precedent always always a consoling thought to the conservatism corner conser Ingrained even In In pioneers and experimenters Actually the method Is not new There Is a brilliant example of Its use on the tho bare cia clay slopes of the huge Ohio conservancy dams north of Dayton which today are held In perfect condition by a dense well developed sod The success of this plant cover was Insured from the start by the deliberate ute use n o of the cheapest weediest mixtures of grass gran ant sail and clover seed that could be obtained |
