. Elementary agriculture. Agriculture. 170 ELEMENTARY AGRICULTURE p ~- "^ ^ '1 the disc. But wlienhayfielcls get too full of weeds the best way to fight them is to ro- tate the crop, and plant corn, potatoes, rape, cab- bages or beets. As these crops require care- ful cultivation one can kill the weeds and at the same time help along a pay- ing crop. Many weeds mature on corn or potato land or in stubble fields in the fall after the crop has been taken off. This may be prevented by following with a crop of winter oats, rye, or crimson clover. Biennials such as burdock, wild carrot, and bu
. Elementary agriculture. Agriculture. 170 ELEMENTARY AGRICULTURE p ~- "^ ^ '1 the disc. But wlienhayfielcls get too full of weeds the best way to fight them is to ro- tate the crop, and plant corn, potatoes, rape, cab- bages or beets. As these crops require care- ful cultivation one can kill the weeds and at the same time help along a pay- ing crop. Many weeds mature on corn or potato land or in stubble fields in the fall after the crop has been taken off. This may be prevented by following with a crop of winter oats, rye, or crimson clover. Biennials such as burdock, wild carrot, and bull thistle store up food in their roots the first year. These are much harder to kill, but may be destroyed by cutting the roots off below the crown. This is. Fig. 92. Burdocl'.. 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 Nida, William Lewis. [from old catalog]. Chicago, A. Flanagan company
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