28 Weeds. 



areas here and there, and blueweed had 

 nxed its firm grip on some of the pastures. 

 Here, then, was a capital opportunity for 

 experiment in the eradication of noxious 

 weeds. 



It would not be correct to say that any 

 one of these varieties of weed life was com- 

 pletely eradicated in the five years from 

 that time till this little book was first 

 written. A few stragglers still survived 

 from year to year, but these, in nearly all 

 instances, came from the seeds which were 

 in the soil ready to spring into vigor- 

 ous existence when favorable conditions 

 occurred for them. It may be said in all 

 fairness, however, that none of these vari- 

 ous forms of weed life were present in suf- 

 ficient numbers to cause serious annoyance 

 to cultivation or real injury to the crops. 



To estimate with absolute precision the 

 cost of bringing this Station Farm into the 

 condition of cleanliness indicated would 

 probably be an impossible task, owing to 

 the many complications that arise in fixing 

 the proportion of the outlay that should be 

 charged to the growing of the crops and 

 to the eradication of the weeds respectively. 

 The utmost that can be hoped for is an 



