Archive image from page 250 of Cyclopedia of farm crops . Cyclopedia of farm crops : a popular survey of crops and crop-making methods in the United States and Canada cyclopediaoffarm00bailuoft Year: 1922, c1907 BEGGARWEED BERSEEM 215 stage. After this, the crop should not be molested, but should be allowed to grow at will, bloom, and produce seed for the next season. The second Fig. 306. Beggarweed. cutting should not be made too late, else the third growth may not have sufficient time to mature seed before the November frosts destroy the plants ; and if it is cut after full bloom, there
Archive image from page 250 of Cyclopedia of farm crops . Cyclopedia of farm crops : a popular survey of crops and crop-making methods in the United States and Canada cyclopediaoffarm00bailuoft Year: 1922, c1907 BEGGARWEED BERSEEM 215 stage. After this, the crop should not be molested, but should be allowed to grow at will, bloom, and produce seed for the next season. The second Fig. 306. Beggarweed. cutting should not be made too late, else the third growth may not have sufficient time to mature seed before the November frosts destroy the plants ; and if it is cut after full bloom, there will be considerable loss, due to the falling of the lower leaves. Fair yields are one ton per acre for each cutting, though not uncommonly the two cuttings will make four to six tons. The hay is easily cured by the ordinary methods of handling. Uses. As a cover-crop. — As a cover- crop for orchards in sections where it will succeed, beggarweed has no superior. It is a vigorous grower, a good nitrogen-gather- er and is fret- from the nema- tode worms which produce root-knot. For the last reason it is particularly desirable as a cover-crop ,..m:. tJ
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