30 FARM FRIENDS AND FARM FOES 



OBSERVATIONS FOR PUPILS 

 Pasture Weeds 



1 . Make a list of twelve weedy plants that you have seen growing in 

 the pastures of your Ipcality. 



2. Are such plants more troublesome along fences, hedges, or walls, 

 than in the open pasture ? 



3. Are weeds more abundant in pastures fieavily stocked with domes- 

 tic animals or those lightly stocked ? 



4. What are the best ways of getting rid of pasture weeds in your 

 vicinity ? 



5. If a weedy pasture is near, make a list of the weeds present and 

 mention the way in which each kind probably got started in that field. 



6. How often are pastures plowed up and reseeded in your locality ? 



Meadow Weeds 



1. Make a list of the ten most troublesome weeds present in the 

 meadows of your locality. 



2. See if you can tell which ones were probably started by being 

 mixed with grass, grain, or clover seed ; which were blown in by the 

 wind ; and which were brought in in other ways. 



3. Are any of these plants that have been recently introduced into 

 your region ? 



4. If a meadow. is near, make a list of the weeds present and mention 

 the way in which each kind probably got started in that field. 



5. How often are meadows plowed up and reseeded in your locality ? 



6. Which meadows show the most weeds, those recently seeded 

 down or those that have been seeded down for a long time ? 



Read such references in the following as your teacher directs : — 



Some Poisonous Plants of the Northern Stock Ranges, Farmers' Bulletin 206. 

 Thirty Poisonous Plants, Farmers' Bulletin 86. Johnson-grass, Farmers' Bulletin 

 279. Canada Thistle, Circular 27, Division of Botany, U. S. Dept. Agr. 



