COMMON WEEDS 



weeds met with in the course of daily walks on the 



farm. Certain forms of mat- 

 tock are useful for destroying 

 weeds, and for earthing up 

 potatoes (Fig. 6) ; while the 

 bagging- or fagging-hook is 

 very handy for cutting 

 Thistles and other weeds on 

 small areas of grass land, 

 trimming round farm build- 

 ings and along hedgerows 

 and ditches (Fig. 5). 



Hand pulling must fre- 

 quently be adopted as the 

 only feasible means of re- 

 weeds, especially 



FIG. 6. Two types cf implements use- 

 ful for eradicating weeds : a. a type in the Case of tall Species 

 of Mattock used in Germany ; b. a . - 

 more common form of Mattock, m COm and Other crops. 



Before the introduction of 



weeds deeply, and well stirring the copper Sulphate as a Spray 



against Charlock the later 



crops of this weed were commonly removed by hand, 

 and we have spent 

 many a day at such 

 work. Other tall 

 weeds,however,must 

 still be dealt with by 

 hand when infest- 

 ing cereals, young 

 lucerne, and similar 

 crops. 



On lawns and FIG. 7. The" Buco" Hand Cultivatcr, employed 



in the West Indies as hoe, fork or rake. Sold 



teiiniS-COUrtS VariOUS by the Barbados Cooperative Cotton Factory. 



daisy grubbers and 



weed extractors may be very helpful (Fig. 5) ; and in 



