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6. Clean the land as soon as the crop is harvested : and 

 if the land lies open in the fall, till it occasionally. Many 

 persons kept their premises scrupulously clean in the early 

 season but let them run wild in the fall, and thus is the 

 land seeded for the following year. 



7. Use clean seed, particularly of crops sown broadcast, 

 and which, therefore, do not admit of tillage. 



8. Do not let the weeds go to seed on the manure piles, 

 in the fence corners, and along the highway. 



9. Avoid coarse and raw stable manure, particularly if 

 it is suspected of harboring bad company. Commercial 

 fertilizers may be used for a time on foul land. 



10. Sheep and pigs sometimes can be employed to clean 

 the weeds from foul and fallow land. Land infested with 

 girasoles (Jerusalem artichokes) are readily cleaned if 

 hogs are turned in. 



11. Induce your neighbor to keep his land as clean as 

 you keep yours. 



Eank pigweeds and their ilk are a compliment to a 

 man^s soil. Land that will not grow weeds will not grow 

 crops, — for crops are only those particular kinds of weeds 

 that a man wants to raise. "Weeds have taught us the 

 lesson of good tillage. There is no indication that they 

 intend to remit their efforts in our behalf. 



4. INSECTS AND FUNGI 

 The vegetable-gardener must expect the visits of ener- 

 getic bugs and furtive fungi. Many of these squatters are 

 beyond the direct control of the cultivator. The gardener 

 must circumvent them rather than combat them. He must 

 avoid them by means of strategy. 



