The Wahpeton Times

YELLOW LAWNS ARE EASILY MADE GREEN

If your lawn is yellow rather than green, don't let the dandelions make you blue. There is an easy method of killing them, recommended by W. L. Oswald, head of the seed-testing laboratory at University Farm, St. Paul. This is by spraying with a solution of sulphate of iron.

Heavy growth of dandelion may be killed by spraying from a nozzle that gives a mist-like spray with a solution of 1 1-2 pounds of sulphate of iron to a gallon of water. An ordinary garden sprinkler does not give good results.

The solution should be sprayed over the lawn about three days after the grass has been cut on a bright day when the possibilities of rain are slight. The lawn must be cut or watered for three days or more after the application.

The lawns may be sprayed once a month during the entire summer starting at the time the dandelions appear. With proper care the spray will not injure the grass.

Care should be taken in applying the solution to keep it off concrete walks, as it permanently discolors them. Stains in clothing made by the sulphate of iron are not removable.

If there are only a few dandelions on the lawn, Mr. Oswald says they may be removed by cutting them off just below the surface of the ground with a knife. Gasoline or kerosene applied to the crown of the individual plant will kill it.

Permanent relief from dandelions and weeds can be secured only by getting a thick vigorous growth of grass.

This is secured by using plenty of fertilizer and grass seed.