Show BATTLE AGAINST BARBERRY PLANT Digging Must Be Bo Complete and Thorough in Order Not to Leave Pieces of Roots i I BUSHES DIFFICULT TO KILL Large LargO Number of Seedlings Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Some Some- times Are Found Growing Under Dead Plants That Were Dug When In Fruitage Stage Prepared by bT the United States Department of Agriculture In carrying on the fight against the common barberry the plant that harbors harbors har har- bors bors ors stem rust of wheat the United States Department of Agriculture has hns found that It Is very ery Important to do dohe dothe the khe Job of digging thoroughly and to destroy plants having berries even though hough th they y are only partly matured I The he bushes are hard to 1 kill and seeds from plants that were dug August 1 produced a high percentage of seed seed- lings After the bushes are taken out the tops should be separated from the thee I crown find and balls of earth shaken from the roots Grubbed bushes lying on the ground have been found producIng producing producing ing green leaves In such cases one or more roots were In contact with the soil Some of ot the grubbed bushes were completely severed from the soil but th there re was enough earth left on the roots to hold hod moisture until secondary roots were Here ere formed This condition happens most frequently in wet weather or in moist woodlands Seedlings Under Dead Bushes Great numbers of ot seedlings sometimes sometimes sometimes some some- times are found growing under dead bushes that were dug when In fruit The last of September berries were collected from bushes dug August 1 1 k o t r I t v vi i ll r 1 tc U r p gy y The Proper Way to Remove Barberry Bushes Is to Dig Deep Enough to Remove All AU the Roots and aud 1000 of them about 2000 seeds were scattered on loose earth and lightly covered with dirt dirt- and leaves The rhe following June there were seedlings on this area The same number number number num num- ber of berries were collected from standing bushes at the same sarno time and down own under similar conditions The I following June there were seedlings seed seed- lings on the area aren showing that tho the Immature seeds were almost as viable is lS the matured ones It Is probable that hat seeds from bushes grubbed out ven even before August will grow and for tor this reason renson It IB is Important says th department to destroy them Advisable to Watch Sprouts It also is advisable to watch the sprouts that may come up where old barberry plants have been taken out These sprouts produce seed much earlier than bushes that grow directly direct direct- ly from seeds Bushes were dug In Inthe inthe the tho fall tall of 1020 1920 That same fall sprouts were produced and during the tho following year they grew vigorously By 1922 these plants were bearing flowers In abundance This summer therefore special attention must be given to places where bushes were dug In 1020 or earlier says the de de- de- de |