ORBG
AGRICULTURAL COlLEGE
EXPERIMENT STATION
J. T. Jardine, Director
March 1925.
Circular of Information 4.
WEED-KILLER FORlTJL&
by
A. L. peck.
Take one-quarter ounce of white arsenic and one-halt water
gallon of soft
gallon of soft iater and boil well Add oneagain.
This formula
end one-third ounoe of caustic soda and boil
each
quantity or
can be reduced or increased in size by divid&ng
amount.
multiplying br the nunber required to produce the proper
where
Dilute by adding fov.r parts of water to one of the solution
other
open
and
used to spread over walks, drives, tennis courts,
Sprinkle
it
on
with
areas where no vegetative g'owth is desired.
the
point
of
a
an ordinary sprinkling can. iJ6e full strength on
dandelions
and
other
sharp, Soft wooden stick when you wish to 1d11
in the solu
fleshy rooted plants growing in the lawn, dip theofpoint
the
stick
down
tion, shake off the surplus and pinge the point
in
about
two or
should die
jnto the crown of the plant. The plants
hits.
anything
growing
tbat
it
three days. Thia olutiofl will kill
hou1d not be allowed to get on the
CMJTIONt The solution
end should, like
hands or on the clothes of the person using Itit should
not bó
all poisons, be stored under lock and key. cautioned and
advised
handled by any persons without their being
as to its nature.
Store the s,lütion in a glass bottle.