. The natural history of the farm; a guide to the practical study of the sources of our living in wild nature. Natural history. WEEDS OF THE FIELD 261 depth most favorable for qmck and early growth. Certain plants, like buckwheat, that grow up quickly, smothering the weeds, are often used to clean a weedy field. Potatoes, on the contrary, being slow to appear above ground, are certain to be beaten in the occupation of the soil by many weeds. So they are often tilled just before they appear above the ground. The weed seedlings are easUy killed when little. Tillage breaks their mooring in the so
. The natural history of the farm; a guide to the practical study of the sources of our living in wild nature. Natural history. WEEDS OF THE FIELD 261 depth most favorable for qmck and early growth. Certain plants, like buckwheat, that grow up quickly, smothering the weeds, are often used to clean a weedy field. Potatoes, on the contrary, being slow to appear above ground, are certain to be beaten in the occupation of the soil by many weeds. So they are often tilled just before they appear above the ground. The weed seedlings are easUy killed when little. Tillage breaks their mooring in the soil. The weeds are thus ^^ ^. Fig. 100. Sun prints of weeds, showing the extent to which they shade the ground, j, paint-brush; 2, moth-mullein; 3, evening primrose; 4, creeping spurge; 5, door-weed or goose-grass. given a second setback, while the stout potato shoots come along uninjured. The farmer ought to be something of a naturalist, for his success in handling plants must needs be based on observations of their habits, their powers, and their requirements. The farmercaight save himself much labor of exterminating weeds in his fields, if he was more careful not to encourage their growth outside the fields. He provides too many reserves for them in roadside and barnyard and fence-row. Enormous crops of weed seeds are matured in such places. It is not enough to keep the fields clean. The fence-row may be a source of reinfestation. A clean field may. 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 Needham, James G. (James George), 1868-1956. Ithaca, N. Y. , The Comstock Publishing Company
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