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AGRICULTURE 



STEMLESS Loco WEED 



How to destroy Perennials. Perennial 

 weeds have to be fought in different ways. 

 Some yield to clean cultivation of crops. 

 Others are so persistent in clean crops that 

 they are more easily destroyed by a ' smother ' 

 crop, a sowed crop which makes rapid, 

 dense growth, and deprives the weeds of 

 light and air. Cowpeas and other quick- 

 growing legumes are excellent for this pur- 

 pose. 



EXERCISE 



1. We have mentioned here only a few of 

 the many weeds troublesome to farmers in the 

 United States. Make as complete a collection 

 as you can of the weeds of your locality. Get 

 the whole plant, root, stem, branches, and 

 blossoms. Collect weed seeds also. 



2. Write an account of the most troublesome 

 weeds with which you are familiar. Are they 

 annuals, biennials, or perennials ? How do their 

 seeds travel? In what other ways are they 

 reproduced ? In what crops are they especially 

 troublesome? What are the best and most 



One third natural size economical ways of getting rid of them ? 



FUNGOUS DISEASES 



Advantages of Commerce. The railroad and the steamship 

 have bound together all parts of the world. People are fed on 

 fruit, vegetables, grain, and meat produced in other states, other 

 countries, other continents. This interchange of produce is in 

 many ways a great advantage. It enlarges markets, it lessens 



