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Show Plant Beach Grass to Check Blowing Sand The first private attempt to reclaim re-claim thousands of acres of shifting sand in New York state was made recently re-cently near Brushton, In Franklin county. Nearly 5,000 clumps of beach grass were planted on a farm. The field, which Is representative of nearly 10,000 acres in Franklin county, and of more acres In nine counties surrounding the Adlron-dacks, Adlron-dacks, Is worse than waste land, for it will not grow crops and Is a menace men-ace to a nearby road. The field grew 80 bushels of buckwheat to the acre 30 years ago, and five years age an attempt was made to hold the sand by planting trees. The trees were literally blown from the field. The beach grass has been used successfully in France, and by the Long Island park commission at Jones beach. The grass Is propagated propa-gated by stolons, or underground stems, and makes a mat so thick that trees may be planted on the ground within two or three years. The clumps of grass are planted about 18 inches apart, and the 5,000 clumps planted about a quarter quar-ter acre, or enough to show whether wheth-er the method is successful. |