44 



Weeds. 



the freedom of a pasture, or, as is some- 

 times the case, the freedom of the farm, 

 these seeds lose their hold, and, dropping 

 to the ground, begin at once to grow and 

 multiply. If a flock of sheep were bought 

 in a locality where weeds abounded, and 

 were brought to a clean farm, and there 

 hurdled in a corner of a field while they 

 were being tagged, the number and vari- 

 ety o£ the weeds that would be found grow- 

 ing in that spot the next season would be 

 surprising. The writer can testify to the 

 correctness of this statement from personal 

 experience and observation. 



Again, live stock distribute the seeds of 

 various sorts of v^ecds by means of their 

 droppings. This mode of weed distribu- 

 tion, though somewhat local, is very com- 

 mon, and should be borne in mind when 

 removing cattle from fields infested with 

 noxious weeds to other portions of the 

 farm which, as yet, may not be infested 

 with them. 



J. Purchased feed stuffs. Weeds are 

 very frequently introduced into new locali- 

 ties by being carried in the feed stuffs that 

 are brought from distant places to sup- 

 plement the food that is grown upon the 



