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the weeds were rapidly following suit, while the grass came in thick, asanm- 

 ing a dark-green color, and made fine pasturage. The balance of the lot re- 

 mained unproductive as before, but the following year it was salted with like 

 results. 



Bine Gra*s and Tlmoiliy. — A writer on blue grass savs: "Prepare 

 the ground late the previous autumn, so that it may have a mellow, fresh 

 surface in the spring, and very early sow timothy, clover, and blue grass at 

 the same time. About two crops of clover and timothy are obtained before 

 the blue grass gets full possession. After that it chokes them out. The 

 land is not pastured in less than two years from sowing." 



Combining Different Varieties of Potatoe-;. — It is said that the 

 qualities of two different varieties of potatoes may be combined in one new 

 varisty in the following manner: Cut an eye, with some of the flesh, from 

 one kind and insert it in a corresponding cut in another with which yon 

 desire to mix. When the sprout starts it will feed for a time upon the 

 potato and partake of its qualities. 



KiUing Canada Thistles—The best way is to let them grow until they 

 blossom, then cut them off near the top of the ground; the stalk will then be 

 hollow: the water wiU get in the hollow and rot them, so they will never 

 sprout again. If they are cut off with a hoe or plow, the ground will close 

 over them, and there will come two sprouts for one. 



Late AVeeds. — In the old wheat fields, where the weeds have started up, 

 turn in the sheep. They are not dainty in the choice of food, and weeds that 

 are pushed forward by the late rains might as well be converted into mnttou 

 as to remain and make the field fool. 



