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inal qualities in exciting- vomiting. This plant is considered by- 

 good farmers, a most troublesome and obstinate weed, in com- 

 parison with which, all others pass into insignificance. There are 



Couch Grass. 



a few exceptions to this statement, however ; for some men have 

 said that they would use every means in their power to introduce 

 it upon their farms if they were without it. 



For hay. Couch Grass is much inferior to most other grasses, as 

 it stands thin, exhausts the soil, and "binds out" all other plants. 

 Corn may be grown with tolerable success on land infested with 

 this weed, but potatoes grown on it are generally a failure. 



Many methods of destroying this pest have been proposed. 

 We select the following from the " Illustrated Annual Eegister of 

 Eural Affairs," Vol. Ill: "The best mode of eradication, is to 



