Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1852-11-11
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70 Destroy Weeds

WPds not only destroy the lar-
niers crops, but prove injurious to
his in erests, in exhaustiug lis soil,
BY roRbing it Of its strength and fer
Il y. Land tia t is capable Of pro-
ducing weeds, Is also capable of pro-
duoinE crop that would be useful
and ffmuner1ti Ne. Therefore, be
who 1 plerates them, is a poor unsl1il-
fal Can lner and a worse economist-
For aAe reasons above stated, and
from the fact bat they Do not a
asingle US tf.,l purpose they can not
ftil I'd be regarI led as a nuisance
Therefore. the question, what means
shall we adopt ldr their eradicate on?
is one Of cpnsid4rable importance =
The first 4tep to take, if we can not
entirely destroy All Of them at once,
we should at least pre- vent the rip en-
ing Of their seed BY cutting them
of while green; for it is an old say
ing, and a true one, that one years
seeding makes five years wedding.
Many kinds Of weeds, such as the rag
weed, are troubl dsome in corn, pota-
toes, and hoed crops, while they dis
appear, almost entirely, from among
wheat, and are seldom se4n GU grass
lands. Rrofting by this REGULARITY,
an such nqxious weeds mhy be de.
4Iroyed (in their tender age, before
ihey become large enough to. lob The
plants of their nutfimenD by stir
ring Tie soil with the cuItiyator. =
The whole labor thus spent, is not
Iierely bestowed to destroy the cum
btnsrs 81 tie ground; for, in frequently
Stirring the earth, there are several
aud important advantages. IL Ioos-
ems the soil and makes it perineable
to the roots of la hts. 1t presents a
nov sarfaoe to the air, which becomes
enriched bY elements imbibed from
The tniosphere. But there lis an
OTHER class Of weeds, such as the DAT
sy. Wild carrot, sc, that almost To-
cate themselves III, and take possess
ion Of, grass lands, where, in.a few
years, So FAST do they spread, they
root out the grass almost entirely,
meadows, as-well as uplands that
would otherwise yield abundant
Quantities of hay, are, BY this cause,
frequently rendered uRpi oduf,lye.-
The plough is The only Nd cans where
by these pests may be ED terminated;
it being impossible to destroy them
l.y pulling up or cutting tn em Of,
aB fhey VIII spring up agtin, 4 5 Ions
is hey d thor roots are left fema6n
ing in tiIe ground; and SO me viii re-
main fe4on when pulledl by break
ihg Oh ht or below the S rlade IN
tits beatty, when tie sol is broken
up, lit is 'Inted with corn, ;h4n fol-
lows. which il Succeeded by Wheat,
when thd land comes III with grass
again. By keeping the corn clean,
by tie feqpeat hsb Of the cultivation,
which must ba don to obtain a good
crop, the weeds viii obtain % severe
shock that very few VIII he left
with sufficient life to start ag4in the
next spring. and. these will be wholly
destroyed by prdparing the 6 rounds
for oats first, and allerwar Us for
wheat. ButIafler The weeds Al 70 thus
elfoetually destroyed, the seeds are
frequently, III fact always, agIih IN
trodueed Into the sod, along With tie.
manure appfie{l just before sowing
wheat and grass seed. 1t is not IN
common to find the seed Of weeds,
eyon OF the mqst noxious kinds,
mixed With grass seeds and il is IN a
great part owing to this clrfpm-
Stance, that weeds have spread them
selves SO rapidly oyer some portions
of The country. Too much care can
not be exercised in procuring grass
seed, ana none Should be.used, upon
aag account, but that which is per
leatiy clean and iIeeIirem other seed. +.
Manure made upon farms where
large quantities Of weeds grow, IN
yariably contain the seed Of thes lat
Ter, and If it be applied to the soil at
the time of sowing tile grass seed, I'll
viii as before stated, serve to Keep
up constant supply of weeds. |
Now this evil may be avoided by
spreading I'll the manure upon the
I.orn-gro1nd. so That TIE seed it con
ains may be DESTROYED, after it has