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sun kill the uprooted weeds in a short time. 

 They dry up, and there is but little to re- 

 move. On a damp cloudy day if a dis- 

 turbed bit no matter how small of the 

 pestiferous couch grass rolls near the base 

 of a plant and remains there, it will send 

 down its roots among those of the plant, 

 and it is almost impossible to get them out 

 without taking the plant up. 



