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Weeds In Walks

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Parent Issue
Day
11
Month
October
Year
1861
Copyright
Public Domain
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Tlioy wil] nften gr-ow there, hnwever wo!i the walk may h.tvo boon ma'do originally. A good provenüve, 1 tho original c6iwtruction,is to take ó,ff Uk; top soil (in which tho senda and roots of weoií chiefly aboutnáj to tho d of six or eight nches, lili upjthe onvity wi.tli siiiiill stones ór brult, and ilion put on nn inch or two if .. fii;ishini off wilh fiüe gravel. Horo, as ;il! be feadily seen, is üttlefood for vi-t table growth Yel, enuugh refuse m t sr wilt eoon flccmnulafe on tlia Btti"fae?Klo fjive weed u fot-hold Aml ilvo best way to Uoep a vvvlk c!ia:i, u to fcuep thü hoo buy :tü throngb the aüaaoü, eslirpating every weel ns snmi oa it ;.;,) ars. Whore tliere is a grfcat t-Aent "f w:iiks. gomo pofsiins i 8$ rcfuso Kalt, soatterJns; it over the gr.avel, on;e a m n.th. 'l'his nnnwers for n tiuse, but a snitirt r.nn ■ two cmivorts ifilt iiiti) a inaourd, liich givos tbu wooils a iïesh st:irt. In nomo gMrdurjs, tho follouing mixturo is u-ocl with coml cffoct: 'fien gallons f water, twenty pounda óf quiük lnnc, two pouml-i of fl.órwor of sulphur, mixocl and boiled in an ron vessol. Atter ellliiifif, draw nft the cluar part, and npiiivkle it on iho weada tlirough n co!n;un sprinsling-pot. As it in very ötinstie, it ahould not In; thrown on the gruss or box biírderéj f ir it will tcill good :ind bad without listinctiitn. It a claiméd for thi nrlicle, t!nt wtioro wöedd hiive boon (inue subdued !y it, th.iiy wül n 't. ;ippoar again the sume year. Tliis may bo true, hut veë wou'il not throw away

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Old News
Michigan Argus