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Show Hi.' BERMUDA GRASS IS A n Wy , GOOD FEED; TROUB: H " L LESOME AS A WEED B?V 'v ' T J b Berdtuda graM U oae of UM'ft K ' -Yalitakle u well as one ot tbenet. H?! troubleieme grates, ot the Souther H?;, statea, tceordlat' to rannfra' Balto-y, Hm ' -ttaVil reeeiatly Uwed' ey the UBit- Bmt S SWrtMtt M Afrtwl- Hti ,. Tkis Ttcorow growla ' Hl.: ' '" atel f TMdi rapidly, maklBg a thick BwJ' - 'wklth la well aulted for pasture lU j ' and laws Jfr Pflr- The avno charaeter'ltUe that make J .:it so valuable alio renders It one of H,(i 'tie principal weeds, thai eradlcatloa H i of 'whleh Is esacnttal to the success- 4 ' Xul growing of Intertilled, crops: The K.,' plant bos certain weaknesses, suck RpA?r' xta Its Inability to withstand; shade BH'C a ad BUIceDtJb,llty ' the rooUtocks Bf winter killing which can easily be HH',;1 Jnade use of In It seradicatlon, ao- H f '' cording to' the buletla. Hfl HOW ATTACK IS MADE Rpr'l The most widely practiced and M'' " w smeceMTul control measures, espe- BHf otally In the Southwestern States, is BHrai-S'-,; s t combined attack upon these two Pt4 . " weak points by alternating susamer- RMf'",., akade-trops, suck at YTet beaiut BbMV'I.-'1 ' Judcow peas, with Intertilled crops kI-V:''' '1,?c'fa corn ftnd coMon. keeping the K:-iT ,' ; ,Aell' csapied with growgnl oaU .,MJ r .Jf, yrUh or wlthoi votch, during X'f ' ."Uhe "winter. ' fTjfWMH HK-ItI Hogsre also useful In eftdlcat- HMW ' 'Jf gnus. They are, fond of P'V 'i ;to1 ?n11' y w, bo "R,d- Bf-rUl " X ? 'rfMr ' -Uo good' wk U tte I land la first plowed, A, good system Is' to grase the landman entire-season, continue the grating the following follow-ing season until midsummer, then plowshtllew t oexpose- the rootstock .lotka drying aethm ot'tha ma an tke persistent rTottnlg' of tke hogs. Bermuda, grasa may be winterkilled winter-killed byexposinf the rootstock sys-itoniot sys-itoniot freealng, but tkls method" Is 'ffeetlTf only In this northern part of the Bermuda grass. ar,, as killing kill-ing frorts do nt rdlnarily oecur In the central, and joutkern parts.- In small areas, sueh as gardens, tke rootstocka may, be gafjiotod, . after the land has been plowed, with a rake or fork and burned. ' Where only amall patches ar-eiatetted they may be eoyered wltk haT7 paper,, preferably roofing . paper, ,, whleh should be weighted down. ThU.so completely shades' the plants that In about two months they will bo killed. Bermuda grant wan at one time looked upon solely aa a pest, but. la rlew of ike fact .that It Is zceedlagly valuable for pasture', bay and, law! purposes tke plant; has been widely '-utilised throughout the cotton belt, and its value la tar In - excess ot the damage which- It causes |