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
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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
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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
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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.
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