Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-02-27
THE FARM AND HOME.
GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF DE-
STRoYINo WEEDS.
Weed. Mast All lie Dsstroyed-The
Undue sourness OF Crsam-Naiue
OF the Roller Farm Notes
aud Home Hlnts.
Destroying weed.

ingly important that the weeds be all
destroyed. The present mistake farm
ers make probably Is in leaving
remnant writes Thomas Shaw in the
Ohio Farmer. That is 70 say, they
adopt only wholesale methods OF do
struction, having no faith in these 70.
tail methods. as spudding aud hand
pulling without practlcing which to
some extent, no farm In the world can
be kept clean. \ Held Is perhaps sub
iected to the bare-iallow process. II
is probably plowed a Number Of times
during the seasOn. and nearly ali the
couch grass inicsting IL Is IL may be-
destroyed But a.rcmnant Is left here
and there which AZ once sets about 10.
covering lost possession. and very
probably in few years the couch
grass is quite as troublesome Ia that
field as az hrst NOW when the farmer
undertook 10 destroy tho couch grass
in that field 10 should have destroyed
il.
hold Il cardinal principle in
weed distraction that complete
destruction Is always cheaper Ia the
end than that which Is partial. A
field may b. subjected 10 "a process of
cleaning by means OF hood CrOp.
The weeds may be kept we'll ia check
until the cultivation can run no longer
From that time until the crop Il hAr.
vested all cate ~ the tetd ceases. with
the result that some weeds hers ana
there have riponed their seeds HHd
scattered them on seedbed whore
tho conditions for their propagation
could not we'll be more .u,urahge
Now In cleaning that aeld no iabur
woIld have paid 80 veil ~ that Gun.
pioycd ia going over the field uuce
more and destroying the weeds that
. have thus beeu allowed % ripen
A hoed crop may hc effective in a.
stroyIug tho principal portion % tho
Wild mustard seeds 10 given He'll "a
cause % tho frequent -irlug % thr
soil which has lcd % tho ggrmination
81 seeds III the same. and 20 the Nubss.
queut destruction 81 the plants from
these a. often ~ they have appeared.
Bu. some seeds ssili remain Ia tho soll.
The noSt yaar perhaps. tho daId i
sOwu 10 hurley and guoIly surtuk
ling OF tho mustard appo1rs tn tho bar.
lcg Now Il these mustard plants nro
allowed % ripca II is plain that tho
field will b. 70 some extent resscded
again through the Smelling OF tho
mustard. Bu' this IS not M. Tho
mustard seeds win bc conveyed to an a..
other field tn tho manure and the evil
goes on. Under such conditions tho
farmer might as we'll climb IL the
moon rs 20 try TO completely free his
farm o. weeds. The mustard must not
only be removed from all tho barley
by pulling or spuddlng but II must
also be- removed from all the Interyen.
ing crops until the hood crop comes
again IN the rotation. The man who
Il not willing 10 look aftcr mustard IN
this why may as we'll give ap tho con
test for he will not succeed.
just little more effort In tho
autumn season would remove the last
thistle from d certain field where corn
Is growing. The work IA neglected
although our man probably would have
| removed the stray thistlcs from fifteen
acres Of corn 10 one day. The field IL
then devoted 10 the growth OF grain
and hay and IN four or fvo seasons il
as foul with thistles again. ls when the
cultivation Of tho first corn crop com.
meuced
Don't say that you can't ret time for
this. for don't want 70 hive 10 sny 10
you that ] don't believe you II you
can get time 10 remove thrse.fourtha
OF the weeds from your field one yenr
and to 20 through the same process
four or i've years later then you can
get time 10 remove them all the first
time so far as this can be done. for
the ono latter process requires much
less time than tho former usually.
We get time 10 do what our hearts are
set upon doing venture 10 say that
there IL not u young man ia all the
United States and Cauadn who does
not get timo occasionally TO visit tho
object Of bis supreme regard on earth.
and II the desire Is 20 strong, and Il
ought 10 be, to get the lust trouble
some weed, VIC will get IL.
1t Is idle to say that there Ia no uso
In trying to get tho last weed. for thoy
will come again. II is objected that
it Is hopeless TO Try to keep weeds nj
bay whom the seeds thereof like tho
spirits Of darkness, are trayersing the
air and Mt certain seasons are coming
down upon the land Let them come,
A determined, persovering man IL
more than match for weeds, though
they come from any quarter whatever.
know some farms In Canada which
are not only clean, but they are also
being kept clean. while tho noiphbor.
ing farms situated on the windward
side are foul with weeds. Many OF the
farms around this experiment station
are filled with weeds. We are NOT
much concerned because OF that for
the truth must be solf.eyident. that n
a farm can be cleaned that has been
very foul, IL can easily be kept clean.
We meet with plenty OF fossils OF the