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News and Herald Farm Page PAGE TWENTY New Plan Saves Back In Killing Weeds In Lawn Selective Spray Recommended for Use By Gardeners By C A. HENDERSON County Agent Thii i the title of circular of information No. 240, from Oregon State college, by L. E. Harris, assistant agronomist for the agricultural experiment sta tion. The experiment station has been working for some time on control of lawn weeds and ap parently the combination of sin ox and ammonium -sulfate is par ticularly promising. The follow ing is taken directly from Mr. Harris bulletin: "Much back breaking work In lawn weed control may be avoid ed by the proper use of selec tive spray recently worked out by the experiment station. The spray consists of a mixture of ainox and ammonium sulfate, common commercial fertilizer. "Many lawn weed control ex' pertinents have been tried dur ing the past three years and the results of the sinox-ammomum sulfate combination are general ly better than those of any other chemical or method used, except for certain specialized weed prob lems. The advantage of this se lective spray is that it destroys broad-leaved weeds without per manently injuring most of the perennial grasses. In addition to its weed killing qualities, the spray also stimulates a vigorous green growth. 'This treatment can be used on most all of the varieties of grasses that are used for lawn or turf purposes. No permanent injury has occurred on types of bent grasses, blue grass or the lawn fescues. The rather heavy rates of chemical application ne cessary to obtain any permanent effect on the perennial weeds will often permanently injure shallow-rooted grasses. "The method is intended for use on old, established lawns and where the weeds have been growing for a considerable time. For the treatment of new lawns that have been seeded for less than a year, it is very necessary that the rate of applications be reduced. The young seedlings of any type of plant, including grasses, are more easily injured than old, established plants. The root system of a grass seedling is small and near the surface of the soil and burning of the leaves may cause permanent injury to the rooting system, destroying the grass plant Successful treat ment can be made, however, on new lawns, but the rate of appli cation of the solution must be cut down considerably. "The types of weeds that can be treated include most of the species of weeds that commonly infest lawns. The most success ful killing occurs on the more broad-leaved weeds, particularly those with shallow rooting sys tems. Effective treatments can be made however, on some of the persistent perennials such as cat's-ear or false dandelion, com mon dandelion, buckhorn plan tain and broad-leaved plantain. Results have been considerably better for broad-leaved plantain than for the other three types of weeds. In some cases the dandelions have been more ef fectively controlled than buck horn plantain. Other lawn weeds that have been eradicated in clude most of the small annual clovers, such as hop clover and Japanese clover; very good re sults are usually obtained on the small daisy, wild buttercup, and chickweed. The treatment is much more effective on the troublesome mouse-eared chick weed than it is on the common or garden chickweed. "This method has been very effective for the control of moss in lawns and in general most all-broad-leaved and soft-leaved types of weeds can be treated successfully. Waxy leaved weeds may not always be killed. The spray is injurious to the clovers , and treatments should not be made on lawns containing more or less of white clover, if it is aesirea to retain the clover. "The success of this method oi lawn weed eradication de pends in part on the condition of lawn. A lawn that has a dense grass cover will respond to the treatment better than one in which weeds predominate and the grass is extremely thin. The value of the ammonium sulfate is not only for its effect as a part of the weed killing spray, but also as a fertilizer that so stimulates the grass that it com petes successfully with many weeds and does not allow their recovery. The increased vigor of the fertilized grass assists in killing weakened weed plants which might otherwise re-establish themselves. This increase of grass vigor also prevents new weeds from developing fromj seeds that may be lying dormant in the soil. "In a lawn largely occupied with the larger weeds like cat's- ear dandelion and the plantains. the grass may be too thin to quickly re-establish cover and therefore may not be able to pre vent re growth of partially killed perennials or the development of seedlings of new weedy plants. "Lawns heavily infested with the perennials mentioned above should be sprayed with a heavier concentration so the weeds will be completely killed. After kill ing such dense stands of weeds, it is desirable to rake the sur face and sow some good clean weed-free grass seed. "Directions for using sinox- ammonium sulfate spray: "1. Mow or clip the grass one to three days before the spray is applied. This reduces the leaf surface of the grass and al lows the weeds to start new leaf growth which increases their susceptibility to the spray. The newly clipped surface allows for better penetration of the spray into weed crowns and provides more complete coverage of weed leaves with the spray. 2. Dissolve the sinox at the rate of one pint to two and one half gallons of clean water. 3. Dissolve the ammonium sulfate separately at the rate of three and one-half pounds to three and one-half gallons of clean water. Make sure that all the sulfate has gone into solution. A powdered form of ammonium sulfate will go into solution more rapidly than the granulated or crystalline type of this fertilizer. water and the chemicals to be used must be clean and free from foreign materials which might result in any clogging of the spray nozzles. "4. Pour the thoroughly dis solved sulfate into the sinox so lution slowly. "3. Stir vigorously while the mixing is taking place. If the mixing is not done properly, a precipitate or sediment occurs which makes it difficult to keep nozzles free and to cover the weed leaves thoroughly. The amount of precipitate is greatly increased if one or the other of the chemicals is too concentrated when the mixing takes place, or if the undissolved sinox is poured into the sulfate solution. If the solution is too thick and does not flow readily through the spray nozzle, addition of more water will correct the difficulty. 6. The thoroughly mixed so lution can then be applied by any type of sprayer that discharges the solution in a fine mist, which gives the best coverage of the weed leaf surface. For small areas or for individual use a small hand knapsack sprayer is very sausiactory. Any imple ment delivering the solution in drops like those from a sprink ling can is not recommended due to the uneven and ineffective wetting of weed leaf surface as well as loss of much spray mate rial. The following tabulation shows quantities of materials and water needed to cover various areas of lawn to be sprayed. i. une pint sinox in two and one-half gallons of water and three and one-half pounds of am monium sulfate in three and one half gallons of water will cover 375 to 400 square feet Z. One-half gallon sinox in 10 gallons of water and 14 pounds ui ammonium sulfate in 14 gal lons oi water will cover 1500 to 1600 square feet. Where the weed plants are in scattered patches or growing only in spots, it is only necessary to spray the weed plants or weedy patches for weed killing, but it is generally best to add the same rate of fertilizer to the entire lawn. Otherwise uneven lertuization may cause differ ences in growth and cause a bad appearance. Spraying should be done dur ing clear weather as results are better if a few days of sunshine follow the application. Success ful treatments have been made from the middle of March throughout most of the summer months. Best results are se cured by spraying either in ear ly spring or early fall. The weeds appear to be more suscep tible to the spray at that time and the milder temperatures are more ideal for preventing injury to grass. The effect of the spray is more severe on the grass dur ing hot weather than during cool weather. However, in each case where the grass was burned down with the combination, re covery took place in a few davs and the grass was much better than before the treatment. The best range of temperatures, how- Wheat Competes for Market -i mm i "urn aS.-i.- mtkSMT&l,'mmt t m WORLD WHEAT SURPLUS As Indicated by the chart above, wheat this year is competing strongly for the world's market. Principal producing countries such as Argen tina, Australia, Canada, and the United States have mora than a billion bushels for salt, but the total world market is expected to be less than half a billion bushels. U. S. farmers are being urfred to continue planting la accordance with AAA Program wheat acreage allotments, to help balance American wheat supply with expected demand. ever, at the time of application has been from approximately 60 degrees to 85 degrees Farenheit. Cool temperature allows for slower reaction of the chemical after it comes in contact with vegetation and increases the ef fectiveness on the broad-leaved weeds, while at the same time decreases the burning or any in jurious effect it may have on the Pss. 'If clear warm weather con tinues for several days, it is es sential to lightly sprinkle the lawn after about two to four days following the application. If evaporation is rapid, the spray dries on the leaves and reaction with the plant tissues cannot take place until moisture is add ed. With a light sprinkling of water chemical reaction contin ues and the weed plants are killed at deeper levels. Light sprinkling should be continued every day for three or four days, and then heavy applications of water should be made until the grass is growing vigorously. Should any serious burning of the grass leaves occur as on bad ly tramped places, heavy water ing should be given immediately. "After two or three weeks fol lowing the application, some weeds may recover and new seedling weeds may start grow ing. It is then desirable to spray such spots or individual plants again. "For these second or later sprays the best mixture of chem icals is about one to two ounces of sinox in one-half gallon of water and one to two ounces of ammonium sulfate in one-half gallon water, using the same method of mixing as was de scribed for the original solutions. This method proved to be very satisfactory in the last two sea sons of experimental work, and in nearly every trial 95 per cent or more of the weeds were elim inated. For some lawns, con taining very persistent weeds, it may be necessary to continue the spraying for the elimination of such weed plants. "On lawns that are only a few weeks old and where heavy weed growth is appearing, the rates of application should be reduced to at least one-fifth of the rates that have been listed. More solution may be safely used on somewhat older plants, but it is necessary for the operator to use reason able care and judgment in decid ing on the concentration of mix ture best suited to the age and size of the grass and weed plants. Weeds are more easily killed when they are young seedlings; consequently, a small amount of solution is very effective on the young weed plants and is un likely to injure the grass. In fact the ideal time to treat a lawn is when the weeds are first ap pearing. They are easily killed with the solution at the early seedling stage and less material is required. "From observations made dur ing the past two seasons, it is not advisable to fertilize the lawn grass heavily just before application of the sinox-ammon-ium sulfate spray is made. Any plant that has had generous amounts of nitrogen fertilizer is very succulent and is easily in jured. This condition is more pronounced in young grass, and it is possible that where a spray is applied a few weeks after heavy applications of nitrogen fertilizers during the winter and spring, permanent injury may re- suit, it is, therefore, neither ad visable nor necessary to add fer tilizer to a new lawn before this weed spray is used, because the ammonium sulfate in the mixture $25 REWARD Will be paid by the manufac-i turer for any Corn or Callous GREAT CHRISTOPHER Corn I Salve cannot remove. It never i fails. 35c and 60c at Everbody'i CutRate Drugs. Phone 3625. 808 Main St furnishes all the nitrogen fer- tilizer that is required. Sinox is manufactured bv the i Standard Agricultural Chemicals. Inc., Hobokcn, New Jersey. Re tail dealers in Oregon arc: Mur phy Seed company, Klamath Falls: Portland Seed company and J. B. Stanley company. Port land; Wagner Seed company, Imbler; Murphy Seed company, Albany; and Slentz Feed and Seed company, Salem. There are also other dealers in vari ous towns throughout the state. Ammonium sulfate can be pur chased from any seed or feed dealer. Shipment of 120 carloads of seed and commercial potatoes is now under way at the Klamath Ice and Cold Storage company plant on Spring street. Seed potatoes are going in considerable volume to Texas, and others have been consigned to Madera, Calif. A total of 140 carloads were placed in cold storage this year, setting a new record. 10 Soldiers Hurt In Pacific Crash VANCOUVER. Wash.. May 22 Ten Fort Lewis soldiers were injured Tuesday on the Pacific highway near here when a freight truck, an army transport truck and an army reconnaissance automobile col lided. The injured men, all pri vates, were bound for the Cali fornia war games. Army offi cers did not disclose cause of the accident. All were brought to the army hospital here and three were re leased after treatment. The ac cident occurred two miles north of Woodland. Those remaining at the hospital were Roger Moe, possible shoulder fracture; Lay- ton Gallagher, fractured leg and rib; Gordon Zrensler, broken rib; Cecil Hayson. head Injuries, fractured leg and rib; Judd Har old, injured feet; Benjamin Mor ns, brain concussion; and Harry smith, head Injury and cuts. Beef Tour Set For Next Monday The Western Livestock Jour nal beef tour will pass through ruamatn county on Monday, May 26. Sunday will be spent In the Rogue River valley and on Mon day the tour will stop at Jacob's Normandale ranch at Fort Klam ath at 5:30 p. m. Dinner will be served at the Snack cafe at Gilchrist, and over night will be spent at the Pilot Butte inn at Bend. FISH CANDLE The candle fish of the Pacific is so oily that Indians use it for a candle. It burns readily if a wick is passed through its body. Moth Pests A cheap, easy, and entirely effectWa way to protect your clothing, blanket!, fnm, etc., from many fleatriirtira moth pests ia to sprinkle your clothe, clos et, and chests liberally with BLHACff. BI HAC'll known for M yearn sets ms a swift sura repellent and insect icide odorless best protection against moths that you hare ever tried. In Handy Sifter fans 2.V up at Draff, Grocery, Heed Htorea and Fet Shops. PRONOUNCED -IT HA CM At MIHIMIEVS SEED STORE 422 Main Phon 44S5 4- TO BE PRESENTED The following boys and girls will attend 4 11 summer school, June 9 tn 20, on scholarships provided by Sears. Koebuek and company, according to Clifford Jenkins, county club agent. Fred Hagelstein Jr., AlKoma; Jerry SUissor, Fairhavcn: Mnry Christy. Chiloquin; Richard Smith, Bonanza; Virginia God ard, Sprague River; Betty Rus sell, Pelican City: Edith Donald son and Dorothy Looslcy. Malin: Mary Lou O'Connor, Merrill; June Dickson, Henley, and Thel ma Ensor, Altamont. Scholarships will be present ed to the club members, Wed nesday, May 27, at a noon lunch eon, according to T. R. Thomp sen. manager of the local Scars store. Delegates were selected by the scholarship committee com posed of the following. Fred Pet erson. Rex High. Mrs. Itert Schultz. Mrs. C. V. Schultz, Mrs. Earl Mack. George llagelstein, Lloyd Seely and T. R. Thomp sen. Selections were based on program cards kept by the coun ty club agent's office, and from recommendations of local club leaders, to club members not having received other scholar ships to 411 summer school. TO I00F POSITION BAKER. May 22 i,T Two branches of Odd Fellowship have : elected officers at grand lodge ' session held here this week. i The new officers of the asso-1 ciation of ladies auxiliaries of the Patriarch Militant are as fol-1 lows: Ruth Lee Curry. Albany, president; Lillian Smith. Pendle- j ton, vice president; Ethel Pease, ' Medford, treasurer, and Laura Farlon of Albany, secretary. i The Grand Encampment offi- j cers are C. L. Myers, Tillamook, 1 Grand Patriarch: Oswald Olson. ' Springfield, grand high priest; Art Foster, Portland, grand sen ior warden; R. H. Anderson, Mer-! rill, grand Junior warden; W. A. ! Moran, Portland, scribe; A. H.I Knight, Canby, treasurer ; Ed ; Bowman, Hillsboro, reprcsvnta-; tive for two years; William Bloom. Tillamook, grand mar-; shal; A. W. Killick, Baker, sen-: tinel, and Frank Pcdden, Med ford, outside sentinel. a cniral Morons MASTiPteitea YOU aHE ONH of the Imerican motorists who still V( nCJ J - Compare this price KlS'y the lci"J3St and I hj, get the V SUrrSC - that a big. handsome, luxurious car costs a lot of mooey Pontiac has a big sur prise for you. At your next opportunity see your nearby Ponliic dealer and ask him to show you the figures on a Pontiac De Luxe "Torpedo" com pared with those of the de luxe models of the all-three cars. He will show you that the differ ence is so slight you'll hardly notice ic in your mummy payments. And while you're there o-ive this smartly modern car a good going over. !ARL SMITH - ". Humane Society Notes Interesting Stories About Klamath Animals and Efforts in Their Behalf .ly Ida Momyer Odell- BOZO AND PAL - In the home of Mrs. Carl Young on Conger avenue live a couple of happy dogs. Pal, a Chesapeake, and Uozo, a Springer Spaniel. Boio and Pal are pretty chummy. They occa sionally get their heads together and concoct a scheme which if they consulted their mistress would be discouraged, but Hozo and Pal carry out their little plans and Mrs. Young learns about it afterward. One day these gay dogs de rided upon a little run out into the country. After having a good time they started home, got a little winded and saw a house whirh they looked over and found rihmI. Courteously knocking (or srriitrhinK It you like that better) at the door they invited themselves In. It happened that the place they had picked to visit was the ani mal shelter. All courteous dogs, and some who arc not so well mannered, receive polite atten tion at the kennels, so John, the assistant, answered the door and made inquiry ns tn Just what the visitors sought. Evidently admittance was the object for they very persistently indicated their desire to drop in for a bit of chit-chat. John looked their collars over. consulted his records, and from their license numbers found that they lived with Mrs. Young at 200 Conger avenue, so he Invited them to tnke a ride In the ambulance. This they very graciously con sented to do and John dropped th-m in their own doorway. Thanking him kindly In their own fnshinn. they trotted away to their back yard. One day last week the am bulance was parked In front of the Klamath Falls Transfer of fice while John was getting some instructions from a mem ber of the humane board. Well, who should drop in but Pnl and Bozo. Giving John a vociferous welcome they invited Pickles. Nancy ond Duncan, the Scottles who own the Klamath Transfer company, out for a game. Pickles. Nancy and Dunk were ready but their mistress refused permission. This, of course, was disappointing, but Pal and Bozo decided they were rather tired anyway and that since the am bulance was there It might be well to thumb a ride home, so they climbed onto the running countless the smooth, graceful lines of ill "Torpedo" styled Fisher body ... its roomy, graciously appointed interiors ... the scores of mechanical features that add so much to the economy and dependability of a Pontiac. Yes you'll find a hundred and one different reasons why you should buy a Pontiac "Tor. nedo" and, for many reasons, the time to buy is right nowl PONTIAC PRICES RKCISf AT H2 FOR THE UK LUXE "TORPEDO" SIX BUSINESS COUPE Delivered at Pontiac, Mich. Stall tax, optimal equipment, acceimiet extra. Price! and sped, ficalionl utbjtcl It change without notice. believe Inn. In. Notice PONTIAC niimiin raws, un, board and waited. When John came out they grinned up at him ingratiatingly as much as tn say "What about It. fellows?" In his usual good-natured way John acceded to their request. He opened the door to the ambul ance and In scampered Uoxo and Pal. John took them home and they settled down to play again in their own yard. Men have been known to work their way intentionally Into Jail but this Is the first time we ever had a couple of dogs invite them selves into the pound wagon. Almost everyone loves a dog and most dogs are loveable, but the most lovable net In the world can be a heartbreak when he persists In scratching tip or trampling down tender young plants. At this time of year every home lover is busy beau tifying yard and parking. Prizes are often offered for the best kept lawn, the greatest improve ment in a yard, and other bet tertnents. Our growing season Is so short, our winters so long, and our flowers so limited that it is mast discouraging to try to rush our gardens along in the short time allotted to us only to have a wandering dox axca vate to see if that soft spot means a bone left by one of his friends. It Is dog nature to dig and the only remedy for it is to keep your dog confined during the few weeks of the growing season so that the three letter word pet may not be changed to the four letter word pest. We plant our seeds with faith, and watch for the little green shoots with hope, but oh the charity It does take when our four-footed friends use our seed beds for burial plots. Burial plots f o r tneir ravorite bones become the burial plots for our summer ex pectations. Let's be gracious to our neighbors and keep our dogs at home for a few weeks out of the year. Ginger Rogers Gets Rogue River Ranch MEDFORD. May 23 (P The mother of movie actress Ginger Rogers bought an 850 acre ranch on the Rogue river, 17 miles north of here yester day, and said she would stock It with cattle. Mrs. Leila Rogers said her daughter would spend much time here. i Dt tux "Torpedo" Six 2-Door St Jan t874 (whit, side wall tirtt txtra) man HODGES PONTIAC mam ana c Streets E LAND USE CITED Increased production of cer tain crou and livestock products by Oregon farmers, but without expansion l.i credit or capital outlay, Is advised as a sound de fense effort by the state land us planning committee. This body, consisting of eight farmers from different parts ol the state and representatives ol agricultural and related agen cies, met recently at Oregon State college at the call of Chair man William A. Schoenfeld. to prepare a report for submission to the federal government Thtf report, together with slmlQ ones from all other states, Is due in Washington, Juno 1. , The committee will point out In Its report that Oregon Is par ticularly adapted to produce es sential siiecially crops formerly imported, such as vegetable and field seeds and fiber flax. It la also recommending expansion by means of better management in the output of dairy products, pork and eggs. Expansion that would call for materially in creasing farm debt or additional capital outlay may lead to dlffl cullies such as followed the previous World war, the com. mlttee decided. COUNTyFHf Howard L. Bayne was a p. pointed county fire warden by the . county court Wednesday. Bayne has been doing dog con trol work for the county. Court members said It will be necessary to depend heavily up on the CCC this year for fire fighting and for that reason they are Interested in continua tion plans for the CCC. The federal bureau of the budget has recommended reduc tion in the CCC. It has been reported It has recently been difficult to find CCC recruits. Court members hav hn In touch with congressional dele gates with regard to this. DANCE Midland Grange Hall Saturday, May 24 Music by Johnny Soto cam with m uut tier O Tulelake, Calif. I