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Fig. 70. Nodding Chlokweed (.Oerastium nutans). Common in fields, waste 



places and streets, southern Iowa. 



(Photographed by Colburn. ) 



Extermination. — This annual is easily exterminated by cultiva- 

 tion. When it occurs in places that cannot be cultivated, like pas- 

 tures and lawns, iron sulphate at the rate of 100 pounds to a barrel 

 of wMer may be used. 



