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to be preferred as they enrich the soil by the 
nitrogen their roots gather. And that is another 
story that has its own time and place. Just 
now we are considering weeds, and you will find 
that they will keep you considering most of the 
time, for the only good thing so far known about 
them is, that they make even lazy farmers till 
their crops, if they have any. Left to them- 
selves, weeds shade the crops, steal their nourish- 
ment, waste moisture, and probably poison the 
soil. Not even a mortgage can eat up a farmer’s 
profits like weeds. 
