98 Weeds. 



Notwithstanding the great value of the 

 spud in maintaining cleanliness on farms, 

 it must be used with discrimination. When 

 the weeds are numerous beyond a certain 

 limit it will not pay to use the spud. What 

 that limit is will depend somewhat upon 

 the scarcity of labor, and the difficulty 

 experienced in securing it and paying for 

 it. It is not possible to fix a limit that will 

 apply equally well in every case, but in 

 the judgment of the writer, unless the 

 spudder can get over from three to five 

 acres a day, it is at least an open question 

 whether some other mode of reducing 

 weeds should not be resorted to instead. 

 The spud is designed rather to maintain 

 cleanliness than to secure it ; although, to 

 a considerable extent, it is helpful for the 

 latter purpose also. 



The method of procedure in cleaning a 

 farm, where the work is to be economical- 

 ly done, will be somewhat as follows : 



( I ) The effort must be put forth to pre- 

 vent any new seeds from maturing on the 

 farm. It may not be possible to secure this 

 result at first on all parts of the farm, 

 owing to the costliness of the work, and to 

 the amount of labor involved in it ; in time, 



