The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1883-03-17

A correspondent inquiries; "Why Is
II that gardens which hal been kept
clear Of weeds for years will be. each
spring. infested with them. Where do
they come iromg'
A good many have asked this ques.
ton before. and Il Is one OF the pulling
th nos In nature TO those who have new
er given IL n careful study. Now. how
many seeds will 4 single weed producer
Lot US sec. IL = found by invest ga
ton that the common maywccd Is set
down for 1900. the daisy Tor 1873 y.
the dandelion for 1900, the dock for
iA.00O, the thistle for 900 o, the cookie
for 1900, the mustard for 5000, tho
burdock. $500. etc, etc. Each Of
these seeds is so thoroughly protected
by it. bard she'll that II is possible for
Il 10 lie in the ca til for a long series OF
years no one can tell how long-w tn
out any damage TO the germ OF life with
in. II only needs sunshine and air to
develop It, Imagine. now, q field Of
thousands Of separate specimens Of any
one OF the weeds named. or others be-
side. and see the millions u germs that
must 10 launched on the world each fall,
10 bc scattered by the winds In every
direction Evidently some weed seeds
must be indes,ructiblc, for varieties not
te'orc scen spring up when the ground
has been freshly iurned-dcposited
there no M can tell how long before.
A piece o new breaking will demon.
strite this. producing. n Il amost In
yariably win. the well known tumble
weed" M entirely new weed 10 the 10
cali ~. A year ago last fall we seeded
down a field TO timothy and clover that
hal failed 10 catch In the spring. There
hail been = patched smart-weed In q low
portion Of Il which had gone TO seed.
As every resident of Minnesota will 10.
member, the season was extremely wet
II fainel almost continuously from tho
lie Of sepiembcr I'll the ground was
fiosc, and II would seem as II every In
dlyldnal seed Of that suurt weed which
hal cen set afoai had spruuted, for IN
the spring the whole field was 80 thick.
~ coated with this pest that tho grass
seed could scarcely bc ROT As soon
as u had grown enough 50 that Il could
be cut II was moved down. this process
keut up through the summer The tim.
othy sud clover finally 20, a start aud
by fall lhere was q gool stand OF L.
Hut tho immense quantity OF smart
weed that hal stirted from tho original
small patch. was q mystery almost un.
accountable. The wet season had do
yeloped them and showed what a myri-
al had been SGT afoai from n small cen.
ter. In q field some distance away. the
year bofcfc, was y Patch " "tull
thistles' Tho air was filled with the
dowuy seeds for DAYS after they were
ripe. and the ground IN every direction
was thickIy covered with a white carpet
Of Seeds We expected TO see about a
nillion u new u stiles last ycsr. but
fortunately they d not sprout though
the seeds win. many ~ them undoubt-
eddy le dormant 10 spring up II some
future time when the conditions arr IA
vorable. The moral Of all this l. that
constant Wig lance n the price OF clean
iclda An hours work on tho Young
shoots Il equivalent 10 q DAYS labor lat
er on; and the farmer can take what
comfort he chooses irum tho thought
thai there are buried millions u fresh
weeds stiil u~usprouied. ready 70 come
up smiling. just - soon a. he lclds his
hands for . re<t-S. fasf ff<<<