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which had produced grain would not 

 require to be gone over more than once, 

 for the reason that th^y would be plowed 

 or cultivated soon after harvest as a part 

 of the "autumn cultivation," and pastures 

 would soon become so clean that one spud- 

 ding in a season would suffice for them 

 also. Hence the outlay for spudding 

 should not be more than $25 a year. 



It is certainly unfortunate that the spud 

 is so little known, and so little used in per- 

 fecting and maintaining cleanliness upon 

 farms. It is well to remember that those 

 who are most averse to using the spud 

 are usually those who have never used it, 

 and that those who have once tried it fair- 

 ly are always unwilling thenceforth to 

 abandon its use. 



A little reflection will make it clear that 

 the spud is of the greatest use in maintain- 

 ing cleanliness on a farm. Suppose a ten- 

 acre field in which a crop is growing has 

 only a few thistles in it — so iew, perhaps, 

 that the farmer thinks it scarcely w^orth 

 w^hile to do anything with them. But it 

 may, at the same time, have some dock 

 plants in it, and a few stalks of mustard, 

 a small number of ragw^eeds, and a few 



