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off by hand hoeing. Go over the crop with 

 the hand hoe, if necessary, once or twice 

 after the horse cultivation has ceased; and, 

 if the work up to this point has been well 

 done, there should not be one thistle left, 

 provided the season has been a dry one. 

 The most effective part of the work, how- 

 ever, will have been done the preceding 

 autumn. 



J. August ploi^nng, follozccd by zvintcr 

 rye cut early, and this agaiji by a cultivated 

 crop. Plow the ground deeply in August, 

 as early in the month as practicable. Sow 

 rye early in September at the rate of two 

 and one-half to three bushels per acre. Cut 

 the rye the following spring, as soon as 

 it is headed out, for soiling or for winter 

 fodder. Then plow the ground deeply with 

 any kind of plow that will effectively bury 

 the stubble, and harrow at once to conserve 

 the moisture. Harrow once a week until 

 it is time to drill the ground for rape or 

 some other quick-growing cultivated crop. 

 Then cuftivate and care for the crop as 

 described in section 2 above. In the experi- 

 ence of the writer, this mode of destroying 

 the Canada thistle has proved very effec- 

 tive, but it is not well suited to stiff soils 



