i lo Weeds. 



fight with weeds we should resort to the 

 bare fallow only in cases of extreme neces- 

 sity. 



Where the bare fallow is resorted to as 

 a means of destroying weeds, the work 

 should be done most thoroughly, especi- 

 ally so far as creeping perennials are con- 

 cerned. Where these are only partially 

 destroyed, the residue remaining in the soil 

 are given most favorable conditions for 

 lateral root extension, and hence for future 

 multiplication. 



In the opinion of the writer, the fallow- 

 ing process should, whenever possible, be 

 accompanied by the growing of green crops 

 for the purpose of enriching the soil while 

 the process of fallowing is going on. For 

 instance, a crop of rye may be sown in the 

 autumn and plowed under the following 

 spring; this may at once be followed by a 

 crop of peas, buckwheat, rape or some 

 other quick-growing crop, which in turn 

 may be plowed under. The weeds will be 

 greatly reduced by this modification of the 

 bare fallow, and the land will at the same 

 time be much improved in fertility and in 

 its mechanical texture. 



