Show kill perennial weeds in fall much easier job than in in spring after the garden has been planted it is not too late to rid small garden areas ar as of such persistent weed ae pests P as the wild morning glory and the poverty weed it Is announced by walter hall ball of the botany department of the colorado agricultural college eradication of such pests now will not only stamp them out but prevent their spreading weeds can be killed experimental work carried on by the department recently has demonstrated that these weeds can be killed by treating the infested ground with carbon this treatment Is not practical foi large pieces of ground ns as it 19 too expensive but for or small areas in gardens it Is practical and it pays these perennial weeds not only trouble the gardener but rob plants and flowers of food and water thus preventing their proper growth De detailed trilled information ns as to the use of carbon disulphide may be obtained without cost from the botany department jentof of the college generally speaking one gallon of the chemical is required for treating the average square rod of ground when alien the infested soil is right neither too wet nor too dry and hard the fluid Is poured into holes IS 18 inches deep Jeep dug in the ground at intervals the holes may be made by bj driving down an iron pipe about one inch in di diameter ampter and about two feet long iong about two ounces of the chemical should be poured into each hole and the hole immediately tilled filled in so that the fumes finnes of tile the huld fluid may effectively kill the weed roots disulphide evaporates I 1 carbon ates very rapidly and therefore only small amounts should be taken from the container at a time and used tided quickly the container cap should be kept tight at all times this chemical Is also highly explosive so it should be kept away from fire especially espe chally should workers refrain from smoking while using it killing the weeds lii in the fall Is much easier than in the spring after the garden la Is plau planted ted for every time the plow or cultivator is run through th the e infested area parts of the weed roots are carried carrie d along and the spread is quite rapid then too IA in the fall there Is no danger of injuring plant growth since almost everything has been taken from the garden |