RM2CENGR9–. Agriculture for southern schools. to, but goodfarmers cultivate the ground when there are no weeds, soas to keep the lower layers of the soil moist. Study the habits of weeds. — To get rid of weeds in theeasiest and cheapest way, study their habits. First makesure whether they are annuals. If they are annuals, suchas crab grass, foxtail, ragweeds, and bitterweed, all thathas to be done is to keep them from maturing seed. Ifthey are biennials, like sweet clover, no seeds should beallowed to form for two years. If they are perennials,like Johnson grass, nut grass, thistles, and dock, the forma
RM2CPA2M4–. The oist . clover and verj- seldom in a tuft ofgrass. On these two facts I have bas-ed my operations ever since and haveseldom failed in finding the Four toSix spotted treasurers. There is one field in particular but ashort distance from my home wherethe Bobolinks nest annually in largenumbers. Here the grass is ratherthin, dotted here and there withclumps of Ragweed in which the birds almost invariably place their nests.On flushing a bird in this field, I markthe spot, as nearly as possible withmy tripod. Then with a six foot pieceof cord as a radius, the ragweeds with-in the circle around
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