Destruction of Weeds. 



[JULY, 



during slack time. For example, manuring for roots is done 

 before ploughing the stubbles in the autumn months, instead of, 

 as is usual, in the busy months of April and May. The work 

 of putting in the root crops in the spring is in this way very 

 much simplified and the labour far more equally distributed. 

 The land, manured and ploughed in the autumn, is then merely 

 harrowed, cultivated and drilled in April and May. This is 



done on the flat and not in ridges, which is no detriment where 

 land is clean, and thus horse labour is further reduced. 



This drilling on the flat is a great assistance to the hoeing and 

 chopping out of the roots, which is done by means of a horse-hoe 

 worked along and across the rows as many times during the 

 summer as is necessary to keep down all weeds. Thus all 

 that is left for hand labour is the drawing of the hoe round the 

 plants for the purpose of removing any weeds and thinning the 

 bunches. 



This constant horse-hoeing is believed to encourage the 

 growth of the roots considerably, and even where there are a few 

 gaps, as is sometimes the case, should the plant be somewhat 



