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Show !lij; KILLING THE THISTLE Mr BY SPRAYING. W J" W Ramey o wllBon is of the Hilt ! opinion that what has been accepted - Ilrfl'i as Cana5lan thistle in Huntsville is a Ij dH less dangerous weed, "sonches arven- l!l rl : sIs'" comnionly known as milk thistle. I! Wm Arvensis extends Its roots parallel ill P V wIta ne surface of tne ground and lj IrBl forms a mat, very much as does Ca- ! I P m nadian thistle. But Mr. Harney has ill ffll ' ' aPPHed a simple eradlcator, -which de- i'llliJ f s troys the milk thistle without treat I llll ' labor. He says that any weed con-Ill con-Ill I ' ' tlnff tannin can be exterminated HI'm V by trea-tin& with a spray of sulphate ;fjffl i. of iron, and he Includes In this cate-Imm cate-Imm ' gory burrdock cockleburr, mustard, wild radish and dandelion. He places three pounds of sulphate of iron In each gallon of water and then sprays as one would for blight Mr. Rnmey offers to give tho county coun-ty commission-era a demonstration in tho efficacy of the spray, if the county board will furnish the sulphate of Iron The county highways, from which the fields got their weed Invasions, In-vasions, ho says, could bo cleared in a season of ail obnoxious growths. Tho proposal should be accepted as it Involves no great expense and, If successful, would be of inestimable benefit to the (farmers. Ono hundred pounds of sulphate of iron costs $2.40 and a ton of tho material ma-terial would cover the greater part of the border of our county roads which are tho propagating places of weeds. Sulphate of iron long has beon cm-ployed cm-ployed as a spray to kill dandelions, but it has never been usod extensively in Adding .fields of mustard or wild radish and has not beon applied a3 a remedy for thistle. |