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Remedy: A clover crop in which this cockle is prevalent should 

 be cut early for hay, then deeply plowed and thoroughly fallowed 

 during the balance of the season, preparatory to a hoed crop. 

 Clover seed should not be sown on land polluted with this weed. 

 Seeding to clovers and grasses gives it an opportunity to estab- 

 lish itself. A rotation of crops calculated to suppress it should 

 allow for deep and thorough cultivation each spring before 

 seeding and again as soon as the crop is removed, as could be 

 given by sowing peas, vetches or other crops to cut green for 

 fodder, followed by a hoed crop, and the third year cereal grains. 

 On account of the occurrence of the seed in commercial grass 

 and clover, this weed is almost certain to be introduced on farms 

 from time to time, and it will require close scrutiny of clover 

 crops to detect occasional plants. When found, these can be 

 destroyed by applying a handful of salt to the root after cut- 

 ting in hot dry weather. 



For truly from all sorts of Herbes and Flowers we may draw matter at all times 

 not only to magnifie the Creator that hath given them such diversities of formes, sents 

 and colours, that the most cunning Worke-man can imitate, and such virtues and prop- 

 erties, that although wee know many, yet many more lye hidden and unknowne, but 

 many good instructions also to ourselves. 



Parkinson, 1629. 



To thy corn fields thou dost go, 

 Which, though well soiled, yet thou dost know 



That the best compost for the lands 

 Is the wise master's feet and hands. 



Herrick, 1648. 



Some Herbs are but Annual, and die, Root and all, once a year; as Barrage, Lettuce, 

 Cucumbers, Musk-Melons, Basil, Tobacco, Mustard seed, and all kinds of Corn; some 

 continue many years, as Hyssope, Germander, Lavender, Fennel, &c. The cause of the 

 Dying is double; the first is, the tenderness and Weakness of the Seed, which maketh the 

 period in a small time ; as it is in Barrage, Lettuce, Cucumber, Corn, &c. And therefore 

 none of these are hot. The other cause is, for that some Herbs can worse endure cold, 

 as Basil, Tobacco, Mustard-seed; and these have all much heat. 



Bacon, Natural History, 1625. 



