Show Fight Against Bindweed Bind Won by Kansas ansas Farmer Despite the fact that land infested with bindweed is often abandoned because be cause the owner believes It h Impossible to e exterminate William Dietz Sumner county Kan ICan farmer has entirely rid his farm of this weed Mr DIetz used three methods of ot e extermination termination On the smaller patches he applied salt snIt at the rate of about one pound to the square foot Mr DIetz does not recommend recommend recommend rec rec- rec- rec such ri n a method however Although Although Although Al Al- though he applied the salt snit ten tea years ears ago ao he lie has hns not yet jet ct produced a crop on the land so treated Two or three- three acre patches of bindweed he successfully success success- successfully full fully exterminated in about three years b by placing hogs on the patch A acre 20 field was rid of the pest by the Intensive cultivation method He lie plowed the time patches earl early in time the the spring and then went veat over them from three to four foul times times' a month throughout through through- out the remainder of the summer using a knife weeder which cut ut the plants about four Inches below the surface Following this practice for three to four years Mr Ir DIetz declared will entirely kill them |