S2 Weeds. 



to the soil when they are plowed under, 

 and so providmg a more abundant store of 

 this most necessary plant food ; hence much 

 attention may consistently be given to grow- 

 ing them for other reasons than the service 

 which they render in w^ed destruction. It 

 may also Be mentioned that after the last 

 cutting of these crops for the season the 

 ground may very profitably be gone over 

 with the spud for the purpose of destroying 

 the creeping perennials which may then be 

 growing. This last precaution will be found 

 to be greatly helpful in speedily completing 

 the w^ork of extermination. 



p. Groi^' soil i Jig erops. In the work of 

 eradicating weeds, crops which are to be 

 cut green for feed will be found very help- 

 ful, especially where the other requirements 

 of the farm render it advisable to grow 

 them. This is owing to their smothering 

 tendencies; to the fact that they can be cut 

 before certain weeds which grow^ in them 

 have opportunity to mature; and because 

 in many instances two soiling crops can be 

 grown in a single season, hence the benefits 

 derived from their cultivation can to some 

 extent be duplicated on the same soil in 

 the same year. As these crops are not 



