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Keeping the cattle away from meadows known to 

 present much of this affected grass is the best remedy ; 

 but this will seldom be necessary, except in unusually 

 wet and warm seasons, which are sure to produce 

 these fungoid affections. 



5. All the plants in this section arc known to 

 give a garlic-like flavour to the dairy produce of the 

 lields in which they grow. The two first especially 

 render butter unfit for market ; so that if abundant 

 they would take off a large portion of the value of 

 the field. They occur mostly in patches, and should 

 be pulled out as soon as strong enough : if this be 

 done year by year, it will be found to diminish in an 

 increased ratio; and two or three seasons will be 

 enough to rid the field of so great a pest, and would 

 be well worth doing if it cost much — which it ought 

 not to do— as these weeds usually occur in otherwise 

 tolerably good meadows. 



The jack-by-the-hedge is usually confined to the 

 vicinity of the fences, and may be removed by the 

 hand or spud. It is a prolific seeder ; so that on no 

 account should it ever be allowed to ripen its seed. 



6. Rough grasses and grass-like weeds are far too 

 common in poor, wild, and neglected pastures. In 

 their action they come closely to those of our second 

 section ; they are indications of a want of drainage, 

 which operation well performed soon causes the death 

 of this group, which end is greatly facilitated by 

 manuring and depasturing as the drains begin to act. 



In concluding this description, it may be well to 

 remark that many more plants might have been 

 included in the different sections ; but enough has 

 been done to show that a pasture, to be good, must 

 not consist of any plants which chance, accident, or 

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