MASS. BOARD OF AGUICULTURB. 757 



One item in the managing of this crop should not be lost 

 sight of. That is, in thoroughly cultivating it, keeping down 

 all the grass and weeds that start, which, if suffered to grow, 

 choke the plant, and take from it the strength and richness of 

 the soil, and also leave the land in a bad state for the follow- 

 ing crop. 



