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acre should be sown, and a good application of fertilizer made. These will get a 

 good start and oust the Paint Brush. Hardhack also may be kept under by cutting 

 in July. It would pay any man to spend a while cutting hardhack." 



Mr. William Strong, also of West Brome, and the owner of a good farm, said 

 that Paint Brush was too plentiful on his farm. He had experience with sheep as 

 destroyers of Paint Brush. In an infested pasture, where he has a large flock of 

 sheep, Paint Brush was kept under control, while over the fence, in a neighbor's 

 pasture where no sheep were kept, the weed was abundantly evident. Mr. Strong 

 was firmly of the opinion that the custom of keeping meadows in hay for a long 

 period contributed to the spread of Paint Brush. 



Mr. E. Miltimore, of West Brome town line, is one of the most progressive 

 farmers of the district. On being interviewed, he wished he might hear of some 

 treatment for Paint Brush that would be successful, for he confessed that he had 

 not been able to cope -svdth it. "I doubt very much if cultivation alone, such as 

 is ordinarily given, will control Paint Brush," he said, " but I do think that careful 

 cultivation during late summer and autumn and hea\^ fertilization will kill it out. 

 Paint Brush makes headway whenever the land becomes worn out. Perhaps sheep 

 will kill it, but I have had no experience along that line." 



Judging from the splendid appearance of this farm, the neat well-kept farm- 

 yard, the large and commodious stables, his fine house, and his excellent herd of 

 dairy cattle, the writer is of the opinion that Paint Brush will never make much 

 headway on Mr. Miltimore's farm. 



Clover grows well, and where clover grows there is hope for the owner. " I 

 feed most of the hundred tons of hay I raise," said Mr. Miltimore, " but sometimes 

 people hear that I have some to spare, and they come and get some. I haven't a 

 silo, but I believe a silo is a good thing. I grow corn mostly for fall feeding." 



On Mr. Miltimore's farm is a monolithic monument, erected by the Brome 

 Historical Society to indicate the position of the first house built in Brome County, 

 in 1795 by Collins. 



In Sherbrooke County 



Mr. Robert Mitchell, who lives near the village of Huntingville beyond Len- 

 nox"ille, on being interviewed regarding Paint Brush, stated that he had the weed 

 on his farm, and was quite anxious about its presence. 



He beUeves, however, that it could be kept in subjection in pastures and open 

 meadow lands by sheep, of which he keeps a flock. Mr. Mitchell showed us the 

 field where Paint Brush existed in considerable quantity a short time ago, but since 



