The New England farmer . for thei labor annuallyexpended in theNew EnglandSpates, in exter-minating weeds,^ whose seedswere sown withthe grass , in pre-landi for layingthtm down to grass, nooperation in the work isso essential as that of securingsuch seeds as it is desired to sow,and those is only one way of securing this,by cultivators, and that is by owning andusing, in each neighborhood of farmers, agood separator, which will separate ten bush-els of seed in an hour, and divide them into adozen different boxes, if there are as manykinds of seeds. Such a separator may b
The New England farmer . for thei labor annuallyexpended in theNew EnglandSpates, in exter-minating weeds,^ whose seedswere sown withthe grass , in pre-landi for layingthtm down to grass, nooperation in the work isso essential as that of securingsuch seeds as it is desired to sow,and those is only one way of securing this,by cultivators, and that is by owning andusing, in each neighborhood of farmers, agood separator, which will separate ten bush-els of seed in an hour, and divide them into adozen different boxes, if there are as manykinds of seeds. Such a separator may befound at the agricultural warehouses, andwould be cheap in any of our farming townsat almost any fields are now white with the blossoms. of the ox-eye daisies; they cover thousands ofacres, and in many instances almost to the en-tire exclusion of the grasses. It has becosjea great nui>ance and source of loss to tbefarmer. Cattle may taste it occasionally, butonly taste it, and refuse it as winter feed,when it is a hard, bitter plant. It propagatesitself with great rapidity, appearing first instools, and throwing up a cluster of stemssome two feet high, but soon extends itsslf allover the ground, and throwing up single stera-iin every direction. It takes the place of thegrasses, and is an expensive nuisance. Another, and one scarcely less annoyingand expensive, is field sorrel. Well was itdesignated as Natures grave clothes. Itpiobably covers thousands of ares of sandyloam lands in Massachusetts at this it is not confined to such lands ; it findsits way into heavy clays, clay loams, and intoevery soil that is cultivated. It has creepingroots, which pervade (he soil in every direc-tion, and any portion of t
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