Use of the Bare Falloiv. 107 



MODES OF DOUBTFUL ADVANTAGE. 



Modes of destroying weeds are some- 

 times widely practiced of which it may be 

 said that, even when all things are consid- 

 ered, the benefits arising from them are 

 of doubtful character. Two of these will 

 now be dealt with, namely, (i) the bare 

 fallow; and (2) the fermentation of farm- 

 yard or stable manure. Both of these may 

 on occasion be made very helpful in the 

 work of eradicating weeds, but in the 

 opinion of the writer they both are costly 

 modes, and they both can usually be dis- 

 pensed with. 



/. The hare fallow. In destroying 

 weeds, the bare fallow has rendered good 

 service in the past, and where it is properly 

 managed it is a very effective mode, espe- 

 cially for creeping perennials. 



Since the bare fallow method as usually 

 practiced requires the land to lie unused 

 during the whole season in "summer fal- 

 low" so that a crop cannot be raised the 

 same season, it is evident that the method 

 is a very expensive one ; in fact, far too 

 expensive, when compared with some of 

 the other modes of fighting weeds which 

 have been previously treated of in this 



