132 Weeds. 



6. Growing a cultivated crop and fol- 

 lowing by a grain crop soivn to meadow. 

 If a cultivated crop is grown with a view 

 to the destruction of the weed, then it 

 should be followed by a grain crop, which 

 should also be sown with clover, or clover 

 and grass. The grain crop should then be 

 gone over with the spud, and any daisies 

 found in it be cut off. Spudding will prob- 

 ably be necessary in the meadow which fol- 

 lows the grain crop, more especially during 

 the first year of its growth. The best time 

 for spudding the ox-eye daisy is when it 

 is in blossom, as at that time the weeds are 

 very easily seen. 



When spudding the ox-eye daisy, it may 

 sometimes be necessary to catch the plant 

 with the hand and strike it over the spud 

 handle to free the adherent earth from the 

 fibrous roots of the weed which have been 

 cut off with it. 



7. In permanent pastures, etc. Wher- 

 ever practicable pasture-lands that are 

 infested with ox-eye daisy should be broken 

 up and dealt with in one or other of the 

 methods described above. In pasture- 

 lands which cannot be cultivated and there- 

 fore must remain permanent, along fence 



