Farm crops, their cultivation and management, a non-technical manual for the cultivation, management and improvement of farm crops . tent attacks, however, on the part of the farmerwill be necessary for ultimate success. The poorer the land becomes, thegreater the number of biennial and perennial weeds. They seem to be bestadapted to the poor conditions and will thrive where other crops fail. 218 SUCCESSFUL FARMING Weed Habitats.—^Bindweed, Canada thistle and horse nettle areentirely at home in any field, whether it be corn field, meadow or feed , it is a well-established fact that
Farm crops, their cultivation and management, a non-technical manual for the cultivation, management and improvement of farm crops . tent attacks, however, on the part of the farmerwill be necessary for ultimate success. The poorer the land becomes, thegreater the number of biennial and perennial weeds. They seem to be bestadapted to the poor conditions and will thrive where other crops fail. 218 SUCCESSFUL FARMING Weed Habitats.—^Bindweed, Canada thistle and horse nettle areentirely at home in any field, whether it be corn field, meadow or feed , it is a well-established fact that certain weeds seem to followcertain crops. For instance, corn fields are mostly infested by such weedsas foxtail, cockle-bur and butter-print. These can be overcome by per-sistent cultivation. Milkweeds and the large family of mustards, of whichshepherds purse and wild radish are members, seem to follow the smallgrains. The mustard family is easily overcome bj cutting before it goesto seed. The milkweed, however, is more difficult to eradicate, as it spreadsby means of underground roots. Meadows and pastures have a different. The Manner in which Canada Thistles Spread by Underground When the rootstocks are brought to the surface by plowing at the right depththey may be raked up and destroyed. type of weed from corn and small grains. Three of the worst meadowweeds are dock, ragweed and buckhorn. They spread by seed only andcan be kept down by mowing before they go to seed. The ground mustalso be kept well seeded to grass or clover, for if bare spots appear, theweeds are quick to appropriate them. Sorrel is a pasture weed which ishard to eradicate, as it spreads by means of underground roots. It cannotcompete with red clover, however, for a place in the meadows. For thisreason it is usually found in meadows where the acidity of the soil does notencourage red clover. Plowing and somng to cultivated crops is the bestmethod of eradication. If the land will not admit o
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