Planting Seed in the Open Ground 



hard weed to pull once it has got a grip on the 

 ground and it must be taken out root and all 

 or it will come up again with not one but several 

 stout stalks, and a more tenacious hold than ever 

 on the soil; it is one of the weeds which are con- 

 stantly eluding detection until they have gained 

 several inches in height when they defy the hoe 

 and cultivator and call for strenuous hand work! 

 Many of the garden weeds may be utilized for 

 feeding stock. Belgian hares are fond of the 

 fresh green leaves of malice and pigs enjoy both 

 that and the purslaine and as the former comes at 

 a time when there is little green feed available 

 for the hares it may be pulled and fed rather 

 than turned under. Ragweed is relished by 

 horses and they will frequently go into a patch 

 of it and eat it in preference to good clover grow- 

 ing near by. 



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