WEEDS 



THE time to weed is before the weeds get a start 

 or they will very shortly take from the earth so 

 much nourishment that the vegetables will be 

 stunted in growth, and to put off weeding for a few 

 days is a dangerous habit for in a short time a 

 lasting injury will be done to the plants. Why 

 we have weeds is more or less conjectural. Per- 

 haps they are for some good purpose, but so far 

 it would seem that their only purpose is to en- 

 courage work in the open air. 



Weeds have their favorites among the vege- 

 table family, and some weeds which will persist in 

 cultivating the society of one vegetable will not 

 be attracted by another variety, hence a rotation 

 of crops, or planting a different vegetable in a 

 locality every couple of years will tend to check 

 weed growth. There are times when nothing but 

 weeding by hand, with a fork for getting after the 

 roots, will answer the purpose. And not only 

 weeds among vegetables should be destroyed, but 

 the weeds in the immediate neighborhood of the 



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