250 ARIL) ACUlii'Uh'rVKK. 



Sh(Jiild tlic, soil l)nc{)iu(i iiif(isl(!(] with doddcn' 

 seed, the best method is to plow up tin; alfalfa 

 and cultivate some ]arf>c! stemmed cto]i on tlif! 

 fti'ound for two years. The dodder seed germi- 

 uiito in the ground and throw np stems whieli 

 twine around the alfalfa, the connection with llic 

 ground dying as soon ms the plant becomes estab- 

 lished as a parasiUs. The plant only lives one 

 year and must come from new seed in the ground 

 each season. The tlioi'ongh spring discing ad- 

 vised for alfalfa, if done at the right timo, will 

 effectually rid the field of dodder. The righl 

 lime is after the dodder sec^d have germinated 

 and before the little plants hin'o nttnehed thein- 

 sel\-es to tlie alfalfa. 



TROTH WEED We do not know that the eommon name, 



''Ii'oii Wood," is tliC5 one always applied (o the 

 plant here discussed. Tliis is known to botan- 

 isjs as Frcmseria discolor, smd nnder the new 

 arrangement of iiiiines it has })een elianged to 

 (lachiaria. Tlie weed is a small plant some- 

 what resembling western poverty weed. It is a 

 pei'eiinial, ]i\'ing for an indefinite letiglli of time, 

 and is one of tlie most difficult w(^eds to kill with 

 which we havi; to do. It crowds out all cxilti- 

 vated pliiiits and s(;(;ms to come up from the roots 

 an indefinite number of tiiiifis when attempts are 

 made to kill it by enltivation. After it becomes 

 established, it eo\'('rs the ground with a mat. 

 The plants iii'e five or six inches high and there is 



