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however, where judicious measures have 

 been used, the end will be attained with- 

 out great difficulty. 



(2) One or two fields should be set 

 aside each year to be cleaned, these being 

 chosen with reference to the rotation, and 

 to the resources of the farmer, and the 

 work of cleaning these fields should be 

 made as thorough as it would be reasona- 

 bly possible to make it in one season. As 

 each field is thus freed from noxious 

 weeds, cleanliness should be maintamed in 

 that field by the use of the spud, until, in 

 the order of the rotation, the field will have 

 cultivated crops grown upon it, by which 

 means the cleaning process will be still 

 further carried on. 



(3) The pastures and waste places of 

 the farm sliould, from the commencement 

 of the cleaning process, be gone over twice 

 a year with the spud. If it happens that in 

 these places the weeds are too numerous 

 to be dealt with by the spud, the scythe or 

 the mower should be used instead. In a 

 few seasons, if thus dealt with, these plac- 

 es will be quite free from noxious weeds. 

 The time occupied in cleaning the farm 

 will depend upon the rotation. It should 



