1 88 Weeds. 



until the time of late plowing in the fall. 

 Other wild oat seeds lying in the upper por- 

 tions of the soil may thus be encouraged to 

 germinate. It will be an additional encour- 

 agement if the land be rolled once or twice 

 during the process, especially if the season 

 be dry, for the rolling tends to retain the 

 moisture of tlie soil, and when the soil is 

 not moist the oats do not germinate readily. 

 In any case, it must be remembered that 

 they do not germinate so readily in the 

 autumn as in the warm and moist days of 

 spring. When the late autumn has come, 

 plow deeply, so that the lower section of 

 the cultivated portion of the soil will be 

 brought to the surface. Then in the spring- 

 stir the surface soil occasionally until it is 

 time to plant corn or some other cultivated 

 crop. 



2. Grozving tzvo cultivated crops. Grow 

 two cultivated crops in succession on the 

 land, giving careful attention to the previ- 

 ous autumn cultivation and to the subse- 

 quent preparation of the soil for seed, and 

 to the cultivation of the crops while they 

 are growing. 



J. Encourage germination, kill the young 

 plants, and sozv a late crop. Allow the wild 



