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THE WEED OF :THE .WEEK
Bind Weed
Sindlweed tai the most difficult of
• all Ontario weeds to eradicate once
it becomes established in a dela,
says' J, D. MacLeod, ()rope, Seeds
and Weeds Branch, Oivt. Peipt. . of
Agriculture. Probably no ether
weed threatens the farmers • of On-
' tanto with such loss as Bindweed
does. It ,even puts Perennial Sow
Thistle in eelpond place, though the
weeds • are rpt spread tam and wide
by tbo wind as Is the case with the
thistle,
No orap will grow once Bindhveed
ds well 'estlabdiehed, It will thrive
on almost any kind of soil and
neither wet nor dry seasions seem
to afieet ilei growth, Its root sy'Gterrf
is so deep and so extensive and gets
such a hold upon the land that
northing less than a strenmouei and
'determined e'ifonit will eyar eradi-
cate it. Some farms in Ontario
have already been abandoned on aG-
count of this weed,
Bindweed has increased rapidtY
the last few years, chiefly owing to
the fact that farmers are not faml1-
tan• enough with it and aro do not
recognize it in time to prevent ft
from getting established here and
there In their field in, patches from
which its roots are •sown ,scattered
all over the fleldl by farm, imple-
ments such, as the harrow and cdl-
tivatetr. One reason the farmer
does not spot it when it first hap-
pea,s in his fields is because It
l.; usually takes two or three year& to
comes into blossom. It is import-
ant, therefore, to bee familiar with
Its leaves and roots as well as with
its Rowers.
This most troublesome perennial
weeds which came here from Eu-
rope, has very extensive, creeping,
cord-like rootstocks which penetrate
the soil to a depth of four feet or
more, and any piece of etre root-
stock poseeshtmg one or more buds
is capable if slanting a now plant -
It has numerous, slender, granohing
eitnis that either tiwil an the groul.1
or climb by twisting around other
plants. The leaves are rather
small somewhat narrow sbaped
wt'ttt blunt or rounded tips.
It flowers from, June to Septemb-
er and produces seeds from August
to October. The flowers are borne
on slender stalks, about thine length
of the leav=es. They are bell shap-
ed, white or rose coloured) and
about an inch across. 'The seeds
are large, browm, angular, three or
four being produced in each spheri-
cal seed pod..
Farmers • should insist that thresh-
ing separators should be thoa-ougmiy
cleared before operating. They
may contain Bindweed seed,
Patches of Bindweed should be
isolated from the rest od ,the field
and 'worked separately to avoid
dragging the rootstocks on ample-
. menit teeter from infested to non -
infested areas. It Is usually advis-
able to destroy patches of Bindweed
with a ohemlical weed killer, and
thea avoid the risk of spreading it
by cultivation.
many faimlera sop fighting Bind-
weed too soon. When they have
killed ninety percent of the root-
stocks
ootstoolrs 'hey forget about it and
leave the remaining ten per cent to
start further trouble.
It is, wsalally advisable to follow a
two years' summer fallow by seed
in down to clovers, prefellably al-
felM, and leave the sod in as long
as prdtitable. This builds up the
soil, and the cutting of the alfalfa
c lop tmro. or there times each year
will prevent the Bindweed seeds
from mratun ing and its rootstocks
from spreading.
PERENNIAL
VEGETABLE CROPS
OF IMPORTANCE
The imlportlance if habing aspar-
agus, rhubarb and horseradish
growing to the garden for (both
home consumption and marketing
can hardly go stressed too strong•
ly, states. T. F. Ritchie, Division of
.norticulture, C'enlbral l,xpertmnental
Farm, Ottawa. In the first place
BRUSSELS BEAUTY SALON
OIL PERMANENTS
HAVE JUST PURCHASED THE
NEW ZENITH HEATERLESS
THERMIQUE PERMANENT
WAVE MACHINE
Prices as Usual—
$2.50 wave $1.76
$6,00 wave „ ....._ $4.00
$7,00 wave ..... , .... $5.00
Machineleas Waver $3.96 & •$5.00
End Curls $1.00 and $1.60 each
Including Shampoo & Finger Wave
Dried Finger Waves 260
IREj1E PEASE
over H, B. Alien's Drug Store
Telephone 66X tor Appointment
these three corps are tsiie peren-
niale; very hardy and; are alt im-
portant source of revenue to the
grower, They Also possess .ce'ntail
Value as food plants particularly the
two former which are always ln' de*
mend in the early spring, liege.
radieh is used to quite an, extent as
a condiment, ,
Asparagus, la an old world plant
that has been introduced into praet•
loalty every country in, the world.
While rich, 'deep fzlable loam soils
are the best for the. production of
this drop yet tarty goods resinols can
be obtained trent heavy soils Novick
ed, the humus sulrply is, e,uffelen8 t0
keep the soil friable. Iheinage is
also an important feature, bat au
apple supply moisture should be
Available for proper growth, Being
a gross feeder, asparagus, requires
the app>lliicaltion of manure in al/and-
ante along with, supplemental ap-
Alsatians of fertilizer,
Rhmbarib s also a very hardy type
of plans and without, doubt , Is In
many cases the most abused crop
around the•garden, areas. This Orap
requires an abundance of pliant
food and moisture, and on this 0.0-
count should be planted In the
open whore competition with tree
roots and perennial weeds will not
NS/DOMESDAY, AUGUST 234 4830
snuff/4' t can be obtained, The
soils best s4tited far this crop .are
the sandy ca, silty looms that are
de'einl rich and Moderately moist
Xenon in Abunldance should be
applied two maintain a ,plentiful
bumbled smpPly, Oommrercial tortilla -1
err COn be Used as• a supplement
where. necessary, Preplatating eon
preparation is very estsentiat, The
manure should be spread on . the
land, ploughed in and thorough
harrawtng done, !Spring Planting
is best, using single but root pieces
from healthy orowmb, The root
piece& amnia be ret in rows 4 feet
apart and spacedfrom 2 to 4 feed
apart Un the row. The third
season trout planting tutl crop may
he harvested, The harvest season
should not sestinas beyond g
W00,11a,
Horseradish has a place in the
manufacture of one of lihe finest
Conkliments, 'The plant is a very
hardy perennial and if not care-
fully handlodi is liable to become a
troubteaome• weed, The soils beet
adapted for its culture are the deep,
moist, rich sandy or silty loans.
The land should be prepared as for
any other garden crop,
EI MFR l RFI I R l '
Barrister. Solicitor, Etc-
phone 2ox BrusIels, Olrt►
WILLIAM SPEI+CE
Ertate Agent, • Cornteyencot
• and Commuai oner
•General Insurance
• .0face
Whin Street. — Ethel. Ontario
Nothing that dues not make you
co' somebody else better is worts
wt3ile.
... because most cars are built to run
smoothly on a good regular -priced gas!
If your car did not knock when new, but knocks now—on the same grade
of gasoline—blame it on the motor oil. Many oils form hard carbon inside
the motor after only a few thousand miles. The result is knocking and lost
power. In the long run, the best and most economical cure for knocking
is to have the carbon removed, then use Sunoco, the Knock -proof Motor
Oil, exclusively. It's your safest protection against knocks and lost power!
SUN•OCO
KMOTOR OIL
Sunoco Knock -proof Oil is one oil that you can depend upon to
keep your motor free of hard carbon, the cause of tnany knocks.
Therefore, if your motor knocks ... look to the motor oil, first!
HERE'S WHY MANY MOTOR OILS CAUSE KNOCKS
Modern high compression motor cylinder
showing piston at bottom of stroke. In this
position there is ample space for the gasoline -
air mixture which was fed into the cylinder
after having been nixed in the proper propor-
tions by the carburetor.
As the piston moves upward, the mixture is
compressed to one-sixth of its former volume.
In other words, the 6 units of mixture have
been red,,eed to one unit. (Compression ratio,
6 to 1 '9 compression ratios vary, most
moder. ,nave high compr"^"< engines.
Wrong Oil forms hard carton in the firing
chamber. By reducing this space, hard carbon
increases the compression and heat so that the
gas mixture cannot burn evenly, but instead,
causes a sudden sharp explosion. In other
words, the motor knocks, or pings.
Harry Champion's Garage
Phone 8 Brussels, Ont.