. The principles of agriculture, a text-book for schools and rural societies . ak the seed in afungicide. The constitutional diseases (293)must be treated by other means than spraying,usually by burning the affected part or plant(294, 294a). SUGGESTIONS ON CHAPTER XI 267a. The daisy-cursed meadows of the East are thosewhich have been long mown and are badly run, or else thosewhich were not properly made, and the grass obtained but a-poor start. The farmer may say that the daisies have run out SUBSEQXJENT CARE OF THE PLANT 171 the grass, but the fact is that the meadow began to fail, and thedai
. The principles of agriculture, a text-book for schools and rural societies . ak the seed in afungicide. The constitutional diseases (293)must be treated by other means than spraying,usually by burning the affected part or plant(294, 294a). SUGGESTIONS ON CHAPTER XI 267a. The daisy-cursed meadows of the East are thosewhich have been long mown and are badly run, or else thosewhich were not properly made, and the grass obtained but a-poor start. The farmer may say that the daisies have run out SUBSEQXJENT CARE OF THE PLANT 171 the grass, but the fact is that the meadow began to fail, and thedaisies quickly seized upon the opportunity to gain a foot-hold. * * * The weedy lawns are those which have athin turf, and the best treatment is to scratch the groundlightly with an iron-toothed rake, apply fertilizer, and sow moreseed. The agricultural conditions in the Dakotas and otherparts of our Plains region are just such as to encourage a hardyintruder like the Russian thistle. An average of eight or ninebushels of wheat per acre is itself proof of superficial farming;. Fig. 64. A gang-plow. Pig. 65. A light gang-plowfor very shallow work. but the chief fault with this western agriculture is the continu-ous cropping with one crop,— wheat.—Bailey, ^^ Survival of theUnlike, pp. 196, 195. 270a. Maize may be harrowed until it is four inches plants will straighten up. This harrowing is cheaper thancultivating; and if the land is put in good condition very earlyin the life of the crop, much less subsequent tillage is general, narrow-toothed harrows should be used (Fig. 24),but the style of tool must be adapted to the particular land inquestion. 277a. If the plowing has been thorough for the first fewyears after the orchard is planted, the ground should be somellow that very light plowing will answer thereafter. Therewill be no sod to tear up and to plow under, and the tree rootswill be deep in the ground, where they can find moisture. Agang-plow (Fig. 64
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