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Show . I La - . b ik. , i . : . . - i .c-,X , -i w7 --- - v J B VTTIVG FOR HAT FEVER SUFFERERS . . . Full war on ragweed, which is blamed for most of the miseries of bay- fever victims, was opened in Brooklyn as a campaign got underway to eradicate the weed in vacant lots. Fhoto shows city employees spraying a luxurious growth of the pesty weeds with a herbicide, dichlorophenoxyacctic. In six to ei"ht weeks, treated plants die from a .01 per cent solution of spraying. Complete control of ragweed is now possible. |