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hard to keep in subjection. Liberal use of fertilizers will 

 so strengthen the o;rasses and clovers that these weeds cannot 

 become very prominent. 



Horsetail [Equisetuni arvense) sometimes becomes very 

 abundant in mowings, usually in soils that are rather sandy 

 in texture, but have at the same time a fair capacity for hold- 

 ing water. jMowings that are badly infested should be broken 

 up and reseeded, with thorough cultivation before seeding, 

 as its presence in mowings is sometimes a source of danger 

 to horses fed with the hay, it exerting a distinctly injurious; 

 eftect when consumed in quantity, and sometimes causing 

 death. 



