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Paint Brush and at the same time furnish good feeding. I have not noticed 

 much of the weed between here and Hemmingford." 



In our drive from Frankhn Centre to Ormstown we observed at intervals 

 alojng the roadside considerable Paint Brush. 



General Conclusions 



We believe we are justified in drawing the following general conclusions from 

 our many interviews with farmers who have had experience with Paint Brush both 

 in pastures and cultivated lands, and from our own personal observations on in- 

 fested farms in several counties : — 



(1) Paint Brush is a most persistent weed in pastures and tends to crowd out 

 the grasses by its habit of spreading over the ground by runners and by its leaf 

 habit of lying close to the ground. 



(2) The best farmers are able to control Paint Brush in land that can be 

 tilled. Where good cultivation and a rotation of crops are practised this weed 

 does not give serious trouble. 



(3) Paint Brush, like many other weeds, is hard to dislodge from rough pas- 

 tures that cannot be tilled. This phase of the situation gives farmers most concern. 



(4) It is not enough to plow infested sod but once before sowing to oats. This 

 treatment will kill a few of the weeds, but it stimulates the others present to greater 

 activity. Too many farmers are practising this one-plowing method. 



(5) When sod land infested with Paint Brush is plowed as shallow as possible 

 just as soon as the hay crop is removed, then rolled and harrowed, then disc-har- 

 rowed thoroughly ten days later and cultivated at intervals until autumn, then 

 plowed deeply just before winter sets in, the Paint Brush as well as many other 

 noxious weeds will be pretty well exterminated. If corn or hoed crops follow the 

 next year and continuous cultivation be given, not only Paint Brush but also quack 

 grass will be killed. 



It is important to enrich the land at this stage and when seeding down is done 

 to give a heavy seeding of clovers and grasses — about twenty pounds per acre. 



(6) Sheep will eat Paint Brush, and there is strong evidence that if a sufficient 

 number are kept in rough pastures there will be little trouble from this pest. Much 

 of the hilly infested land of the Eastern Townships can, we beheve, be reclaimed 

 by sheep pasturing. 



