THE OFKICK;? UF THi: ANIMAL 2i)'i 



"t>on«>, tis rnw, boiloii, stvaiuod boue, bone ash and bone-black ; 

 also, ilrit'd fish. 



;{,')l(i. With all the remarks which have now been made on 

 weeds {'2'2b, 101, 101a, 117, 267, l2G7a,2C8), the j.upil will see that 

 the only fundamental and permanent way to escape weeds is 

 through bettor larni manaj^ement ; and, to a less extent, the same 

 ooneluMJon will apply to insect and funpons pests. "I went by the 

 field of the slothful, and by tho vineyard of the man voi«l of 

 umlerstandinp ; and lo, it was nil provvn over with thorns, and 

 nettles had covered tho face thereof, and the stouo wall thereof 

 wu-s liroken down." — Proverbs xiiv., SO, SI. 



;i.">4*i. Upon the desirability of continuous employment for 

 farm labor, Roberts speaks us follows when writing of rotations : 

 "The baleful results of raising a single or few produfts in ex- 

 tended districts mny be seen iu California and tho great wheat 

 districts of the Northwest. In such localities, there is little or no 

 true home life, with its duties and restraints ; nu-n and boys are 

 herded together like cattle, sleep where they may, unci subsist as 

 best they can. Tho work is hartl, and from sun to sun for two or 

 thne months, when it abruptly ceases, and the workmen are left 

 to find employniint as best they may, or adopt the life and habits 

 of tho pmfe8si«)nul trump. It is difficult to name anything more 

 demoralizing to men, and especially to boys, than this inter- 

 mittent labor ; and the higher the wages paid and the shorter tho 

 period of service, tho more demoralizing the effect. If there 

 were no other reason for practicing a rotation with a variety of 

 plants, tho welfare of the workman and his family should form a 

 sutlii-ient one " — Frr/i/i7y of thr ImiuI, SG'J. 



For references on live-stock, consult Vol. Ill, Cyclopetlia of 

 Aroericjin Agriculture; Hotierts' "Tln' Horse;" IMumb's "TvpiK 

 nn-l llr»e.ls of F'nrju AnimalH;" Mayo's 'Tare of ,\r.inia;- 

 •'»»>■ of Animals). 



