. Farm weeds and how to control them [microform]. Weeds; Botanique; Mauvaises herbes; Botany. DkPAKTMRNT or AoHICtLTrRE WAYS OF SPRKAniNd OF Alfhuimh ^An-iUmay !i\yn>M\ !)>• iignuit iiitiny diffon-nt imtmicH fully SH) p«'r cont, of III!' wmmIh that fin«t hlowwim in a maii'a fii-ld urt them through Jhe Hwii hr hiui M)wn. It iit prnrtiially imposeihle to ••lean all wwd •mhhIh out of MTTil Rroiu, no matter how new or complifutiMl may \te the maehinery we an' uning. Huppone there remainn but one wmiI in a husliel of grain an«l that Hnmiint ii« sown on an acre of land, on c very arre
. Farm weeds and how to control them [microform]. Weeds; Botanique; Mauvaises herbes; Botany. DkPAKTMRNT or AoHICtLTrRE WAYS OF SPRKAniNd OF Alfhuimh ^An-iUmay !i\yn>M\ !)>• iignuit iiitiny diffon-nt imtmicH fully SH) p«'r cont, of III!' wmmIh that fin«t hlowwim in a maii'a fii-ld urt them through Jhe Hwii hr hiui M)wn. It iit prnrtiially imposeihle to ••lean all wwd •mhhIh out of MTTil Rroiu, no matter how new or complifutiMl may \te the maehinery we an' uning. Huppone there remainn but one wmiI in a husliel of grain an«l that Hnmiint ii« sown on an acre of land, on c very arre we have one weed. To the ordinary- observer thin may not wM-m a m>riouf4 matter, but to the ttKrieulturist who thinkx, it is cause for innnedinte action, and if we do a little calculatinx it in readily seen just how danicerous is even uns w«H'd per acre. Suppow t hat one wwtl is wild mustard, an average plant of which will pro«luce in a .seanon aUnit 15,000 seeds. l»«'rliap« half of ;««' . will .ihell out Morx' the grain is har\-e«te«l and the remainder go into the grain. If your field gave an average yield of 2(1 biislH-!,, [mt in this crop there are al»out wild muxtard to every bushel of grain Not a large jxTcentage i)ut a gcKMl Htart. Tlus however is by no means the worst feature. Out in the field, in a little s|)ot p«'rliaps imi more than a yanl square are 7,.')(K) wild mustard .seeds, eaih capable of producing sei'iis like unto itself. The following year we Hnd in this pliiii- .i bad jmtch of mustard, and more than this probably a great numlMT of the swd^t have not germinate<l the first year and may remain in the ground several years iH'fore they start to grow. Of the other 10 per cent, of the weeds that first blossom in a man's field ' pnibably the majority find their way therethroughcareles-ini's-iand thought- in the handling of feed grain, screenings, fodder, straw, etc. Three instances that havcds by this
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