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that box to blow the fireplace all
over the dining room. The clock was
set for 7. The water stopped it at
three minutes of."
Mrs. North said, 'Three minutes!"
And she took my hand and put it to
her cheek. Mr. North gripped my
arm and said, "Three minutes. Lots
of time. What was all the hurry,
Tom?"
Molly said, "Tom is smart. Show
me how you detect, Tom—will you,
w Tom?"
SO I TOLD HER to get the toaster.
I spanked the crumbs out of it.
"That's so there'll be no smell of
toast," I said. Then I plugged in the
cord and pushed the dinkus down.
Bread or no bread, did I get re
sults! We could hear the Bull Moose
snoring upstairs on the rug in front
of Molly's door. There came a sud
den scramble overhead, and then an
avalanch of bulldog thundering
down the stairs. There was a skid
ding of thick pads on the floor, and
he was seated on his .screw propeller
by the table.
"That punched-back nose has got
ten . too much credit," I explained.
But there's not a thing the matter
with his ears. He has been hearing
toast, not smelling it. He heard that
bomb ticking, Molly, up inside the
chimney.
Tick-a, tick-a, tick-a, tick-a, said
the toaster softly. Clank! And the
lifter sprung.
Wurrff!" said the Bull Moose.
April fool, Moose!" I said. "There
ain't no toast!"
"Molly," said Mr. North, "you run
out to the kitchen and bring in a
couple loaves of bread!"
Tests Prove 2,4-D
Not Harmful
CAREFUL TESTS by competent
government and industry research
workers indicate that no harmful ef
fects to operators, livestock, fish,
poultry, or honey bees from the
normal use of 2,4-D or 2,4,5-T are
to be expected.
When 2,4-D was first introduced, a
research worker at the University of
Chicago ate pure 2,4-D acid, nearly
a teaspoon a week for three weeks
without any bad effect.
Michigan State collège experi
ments showed that 2,4-D and 2,4,5-T
were harmless to horses, dairy and
beef cattle, sheep, swine and chick
ens. Rates used on the pasture weed
control tests were 2 to 4 times greater
than the recommended dosage.
Indirect harmful «effects of the use
of the herbicides are possible under
certain conditions. Sprays have been
known to make normally unpalatable
weeds attractive to grazing animals.
The effect disappears in 24 to 72
hours but if poisonous plants hap
pened to be eaten during this time
theré could be sickness or death. For
this reason, it is wise to keep stock
out of pastures containing poisonous
weeds for at least 3 or 4 days after
spraying.
Industry research workers found
that the whole body of water in
which weeds were growing would
have to be made as strong as the
spray needed to kill them before it
would kill fish. This would be
highly improbable because of the
great dilution of the spray material
generally used as it would hit the
water. A Washington experiment
station entomologist found that 2,4-D
acid is not toxic to bees even though
they might visit plants sprayed with
the weed chemical for several days
before the plants died.
Proper management of dairy cows
protects the effects of good feeding.
Halogeton Can Be
Killed With 2,4-D
HALOGETON must be killed when
first discovered and before the seeds
ripen on small patches, if spread of
this poisonous range weed is to be
stopped, according to University of
Idaho experiment station tests re
ported in circular No. 117.
Small patches may be treated any
time. Large patches should be
treated in July for best kills. Experi
ments on the chemical control of
halogeton made in Idaho during 1950
showed that the so-called "heavy
esters" of 2,4-D give the fastest kills.
The plants tend to die slowly'when
the amine forms of 2,4-D are used.
The 2,4-D weed killing chemicals
are safe to use, non-poisonous and
non-explosive. They kill the weed
and leave the grasses.
The Idaho results indicated that
halogeton control requires 2 pounds
of 2,4-D per acre. Any spray rate
up to 50 gallons of spray solution per
acre is satisfactory. Spray a wide
area around the patch; don't skimp
on the edges. A once-infested area
must be watched for several years
for halogeton seedlings that may ap
pear.
Never treat an alfalfa field during
the daytime from 7 in the morning
until 7 in the evening when it is in
bloom, warns T. R. Robb, entomolo
gist of the Wyoming Agricultural
Extension service. This is the time
•pollinating bees are in the field.
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Anderson Flying Service, Wolf Point
Benchland Fanners Co-op, Benchland
Big Timber Flying Service, Big limber
Bitter Root Cannery, Hamilton
Capeharts, Wisdom
Curtiss Implement Co., Dutton
Farmer Trading Co., Cut Bank
Ferris-Killion, Great Falk
Helena Farm Supply, East Helen«
Jbn Moll, Cascade
Johnson Flying Service, lowbtowi
Johnson Flying Service, Missoula
Kjelstrups Wholesalers, Glasgow
N A A C, Choteau
Pratt & Svenn, Big Sandy
Robinson Auto Ce., NaHa
Rock Hand, Helena
Sky Supply, Helena
W. G. Hielt, Bozeman
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401 N. 20th
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