War and Weeds Several inventions and discoveries that we associate
wholly with the technique of war are being turned to peaceful purposes The flame- thrower, which is being used more and more in the war, has no been adopted for cleaning up the rough grass and dead leaves collect where they are safe from ordinary weapons, for example the base of a fence ; and the little, light portable machines seem work well. Again, tear-gas, which begins to lose its reputation amo soldiers, is now in use for destroying weed seeds in compost heaps an for fumigating warehouses. In reference to weed seeds (many which are thrown out into separate heaps by the better thresh machines), many farmers do not seem to- know that they have now high value as food for birds, and in some kinds as material for d Doubtless the best way of destroying them in compost-heaps is not use the manure till it is two years old at least. The destruction quicker if the vegetable refuse is covered with earth 02 even with pa manufactured for garden purposes.
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