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thorough working and a large use of 

 manure. 



(14) The practice of autumn cultivation 

 to the largest extent that is possible. 



(15) The exercise of the utmost possible 

 precaution that no weed seeds ripen upon 

 the farm, if by any means their ripening 

 can be prevented. 



(16) The sowing of two or three crops 

 in succession the same season and grazing 

 them down with sheep. 



(17) The giving of due heed to all the 

 agencies by which weeds are distributed 

 and propagated, so as always to be able to 

 counteract or defeat those agencies. 



(18) When once the work of eradica- 

 tion has been undertaken, the making of it 

 as thorough as possible, and the accom- 

 plishment of it in the shortest possible time. 



(19) When once a state of cleanliness 

 has been secured, the maintenance of it 

 thereafter as perfectly as possible under all 

 circumstances. 



It is greatly important that these general 

 principles and methods of weed destruc- 

 tion should be well understood and care- 

 fully observed ; for these are even more 

 important than those specific modes of weed 



