The Rusk Cherokeean (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 101, No. 46, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 2, 1949 Page: 2 of 10
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THE RUSK CHEROKEEAN, THURSDAY, JUNE 2, 1949
Gives Instructions
On Hardwood Poison
Thousands of acres of Cherokee
uplands are covered with black-
pack oak and other low-value
hardwoods that must l>e reduced
or cleared before good timber o:
forage can grow. Many landown-
ers have found poisoning with
Aimate an effective and economi-
cal way of killing these weed tree:,
and getting the land back into pro-
duction, according to C. Metz
Heald, County Agent.
Ammate (80 per cent ammon-
ium sulfamate), when properly
used, kills tiees faster than gird-
ling, and treated trees sprout less
than those that are girdled or
chopped down. Stands of sprouts
can be killed by spraying with a
strong water solution of Ammate.
Ammate is poisonous only to J
plants. This gives it a big advant-
age over sodium arsenite, which
is deadly to plants, animals and
humans.
The Southern Forest Experi-
ment Station started tests with
Ammate as a nniso" for black-
pack oak in October 1944. Since
then, Ammate . has been tried in
different forms, quantities, and
seasons, and compared with sod-1
ium arsenite, 2, 4-D, Diesel fuel,
and other poisons. Most blackjack
oaks were killed wljen Ammate
was applied in the strangths and
by the methods recommended be-
low. Trees treated with Ammate
sprouted less than those poisoned
with sodium arsenite. 2, 4-D and
its salts reacted more slowly and
were more variable in effect than
Ammate. Ammate spray proved
effective on stands of sprouts and
brush.
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On the basis of these tests, Am-
mate is 1-ecommended as the most
effective of the chemicals studied
thus for killing blackjack oak and
many other upland hardwood spe-
cies. However, sodium arsenite
works better than Ammate on
bitter pecan (water hickory) and
other bottomland hardwoods.
The two methods of applying
Ammate that are most frequently
used on trees: (1) placing Am-
mate crystals in cups (notches)
in the tree trunk, and (2) pour-
ing Ammate solution into frills
chopped into the trunk. A cup is
made by making two downward
ax strokes, one above the other,
and prying out the chip. For best
results, cups should be as near
the ground as possible—on the
main roots if these show. Cups
may also be made 2 or 3 feet up
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the trunk, but then the tree top
dies more slowly than with low
cups, and sprouting is greater. A
frill is made by hacking through
the bark completely around the
tree with overlapping downward
ax strokes made at easy chopping
height.
To keep down sprouting, trees
poisoned with Ammate should be
left standing for at least a year.
Ammate solution is absorbed by
the tree almost immediately, and
crysals within 24 or 36 hours, but
the poison works for 12 months or
more.
Trees too small to cup or frill
Should be cut down close to the j
ground, leaving a V-shaped stump, i
One table spoonful of Ammate
crysals should be applied immedi-
ately to each freshly cut stump.
Sprouting "should not be serious,
especially if treatment is in sum-
mer, fall or winter.
A method of clearing land is to
cut the trees off close to the
'ground and immediately apply
Ammate crysals to the outer sap-
wood of the stump top to prevent
fcprouting.
Sprouts are harder and more
expensive to kill than large trees.
They can be controlled by spray-
ing the green leaves thoroughly
with a 32.4 per cent solution of
Ammate (4 pounds of crystals per
gallon of water) preferably in late
Spring. The kill is better if the
stems as well as the leaves are
£prayed. Any good pressure spray
gun can be used. The common 3-
gallon type is convenient for small
patches of sprouts. Let the sprouts
stand for a year after treating.
Ammate can be purchased at
large seed stores, farm supply
(stores, drug companies, and
through agricultural cooperatives
at the following prices: 6 pound
jars, 37.5 cents per pound; 50
pound drum, 17.5 to 26 cents pet-
pound; and 350 pound drums, 15
to 20 cents a pound, the county
agent reported.
Ammate is very corrosive. The
|spray gun should be cleaned
promptly and thoroughly after
each use. Rinse it first with clean
water to which lime has been add
ed, then oil the metal parts with
lightweight lubricating oil. Other
metal equipment should also be
Rinsed throughly. Prolonged hand-
ling of Ammate may irritate the
ibkin. Workmen should avoid
wearing wet gloves and clothes
which have been dipped in Am-
s
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mate solution or on which Am-
mate crystals have been spilled.
Since Ammate nl likely to in-
jure or kill any vegetation it
touches, do not spill or spray it
on desirable plants.
When Ammate is to be used on
species other than those listed or
in areas other than southern
pine-hardwood upland's, the dos-
age and method of application
should be tested on a small area.
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The Rusk Cherokeean (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 101, No. 46, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 2, 1949, newspaper, June 2, 1949; Rusk, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth341779/m1/2/: accessed April 23, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Singletary Memorial Library.