. Elements of agriculture, southern and western. Agriculture; Agriculture. 212 ELEMENTS OF A(;RICI:LTURE rapidly. Unless there is a green growth of leaf to gather food and produce more roots, the grass must die. This is true of any plant. Chemicals. — All chemical treatments for this, or any other deep-rooted pest, are entirely too expensive. Jt is. 77. — GuiNKA Gkass, 1)I].oxi, Mississippi probable that a thousand dollars' worth of the cheapest chemical obtainable would not kill the grass on an acre. If it did, it would kill the land for two or three years. The people who have had this grass


. Elements of agriculture, southern and western. Agriculture; Agriculture. 212 ELEMENTS OF A(;RICI:LTURE rapidly. Unless there is a green growth of leaf to gather food and produce more roots, the grass must die. This is true of any plant. Chemicals. — All chemical treatments for this, or any other deep-rooted pest, are entirely too expensive. Jt is. 77. — GuiNKA Gkass, 1)I].oxi, Mississippi probable that a thousand dollars' worth of the cheapest chemical obtainable would not kill the grass on an acre. If it did, it would kill the land for two or three years. The people who have had this grass longest in the United States have learned to utilize it and to kill it, and its presence in those sections does not reduce the value of the lands on which it is found. Guinea and Para Grass. — Guinea and Para grass, both large tropical grasses growing as high as a man's head, and densely thick on the ground, are becoming well. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Welborn, W. C; Ness, H; Sanborn, Charles Emerson, 1877-; Marstellar, R. P. New York, The Macmillan company


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