Eradicafion of Bluewccd. 22y 



the most effective means for removing 

 them. The spud should in all cases be 

 made to go below the crown, for when the 

 plant is cut off below the crown at any 

 stage of its growth, it will surely die, bur, 

 not otherwise. 



2. In pcruiancnt pastures, ivastc places, 

 lanes, etc. In permanent pastures, and in 

 waste places generally, if the plant has got 

 a strong foothold in them, it will be found 

 that any plan that will keep it from matur- 

 ing its seed will soon prove effective in 

 destroying it. Whether the spud or the 

 scythe be used must be determined by the 

 number of the plants to be destroyed, but 

 in either case the work will have to be done 

 more than once in a season, and also for 

 several seasons. It will have to be done 

 more than once in a season because, when 

 cut with a scythe, the plants at once spring 

 up again and begin to blossom. When the 

 spud is used, some weaker ones are certain 

 to be overlooked in the first cutting, but 

 these also will blossom and bear seed later 

 on. The scythe or the spud will have to be 

 used for several seasons, inasmuch as the 

 seeds^ying in the soil, being possessed of 



