. The natural history of the farm; a guide to the practical study of the sources of our living in wild nature. Natural history. be infested with seeds in manure from a weedy barnyard; or with seeds carried in by the stock turned on to feed; or with seeds gathered from a weedy roadside and carried in on wagon wheels. The farmer, above all persons, shotdd know that k » » II11& nature will be raising ^^^\^ V xbwQsF something on every bit of "^ ai.'«KJ*!^fc ground; and that if he destroy her more perman- ent crops, that something will be weeds. Weeds fol- low the ax and the scythe and the
. The natural history of the farm; a guide to the practical study of the sources of our living in wild nature. Natural history. be infested with seeds in manure from a weedy barnyard; or with seeds carried in by the stock turned on to feed; or with seeds gathered from a weedy roadside and carried in on wagon wheels. The farmer, above all persons, shotdd know that k » » II11& nature will be raising ^^^\^ V xbwQsF something on every bit of "^ ai.'«KJ*!^fc ground; and that if he destroy her more perman- ent crops, that something will be weeds. Weeds fol- low the ax and the scythe and the plow as summer follows spring. Thescjrthe, especially, is used with too little judgment. The altogether harmless and altogether beautiful goldenrods and asters fringing many a roadside are mown to extermination to make a place for ragweeds and mulleins to grow. The native shrubbery under the trees is cut away to make a place for burdocks. Such sort of self-inflicted vandalism destroys the beauty of the farm and increases its drud- gery. If the farmer is so ignorant that every green thing, that is not a crop- plant, is to him a weed and to be treated accordingly, then in increased labor and in the sweat of his brow he must pay the cost of his stupidity. Fig. 101. Leaves of rag-weed at all ages; a seed-leaves; b, c, d, e, successively older leaves; m, n,o,p,g,r, s, leaves successively formed on a fruiting spray; 2, a fruiting Pig. 102. Better than weeds in the fence- row—the maple-leaved 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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