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the spot, is the safest method. This may or may not destroy the roots 

 of the crop plants, but if it does the area may be reseeded. In removing 

 the dodder plants to be burned elsewhere, there is always danger of 

 dropping some of the stems in other parts of the field and starting new 

 infested areas. In clearing infested areas care must be taken to carry 

 the work far enough around the borders to include all of the dodder, 

 otherwise the work will be of little value. 



The above method is very effective for small patches of dodder. On 

 the other hand, if a whole field is badly infested, plowing under the 



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